Asperse
As·perse
Asperse
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspersing
- To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
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To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.
With blackest crimes aspersed.