Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Slandered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slander \Slan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slandered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Slandering}.]
1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false
report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false
tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
O, do not slander him, for he is kind. --Shak.
2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more
than once. --Shak.
Syn: To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie;
scandalize; reproach. See {Asperse}.
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