Defame /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Defamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Defaming

1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.

   My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.

3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]

   Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight.

1. Dishonor. [Obs.]