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Word entry · 7 letters

asperse

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"Slander"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /əˈspɜːs/Part of speech verbSorted aeeprssStarts with AEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. Attack someone's reputation

Word origin

From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.

Used in a sentence

  • a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water
  • If any one had taxed him with the vice, he would have indignantly repelled the accusation, and conceived himself unworthily aspersed.

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