Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vituperate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vituperate \Vi*tu"per*ate\ (?; 277), v. t. [L. vituperatus, p.
p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault +
parare to prepare. See {Vice} a fault, and {Pare}, v. t.]
To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse;
to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vituperate
v : spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda
vilified the Jews" [syn: {vilify}, {revile}, {rail}]
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