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With this threat blazoned, the British note went on to asperse individually and by name five officials of the Soviet Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hereditary duties of the King's Champion are to "gird himself in complete armor," ride out upon a noble charger, fling down his gauntlet, offer to fight all "liars and traitors" who asperse King Edward.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Who dares to say," exclaimed Arundel, whose irritation this fresh taunt increased, "that Sir Christopher assumes a title which belongs not to him, or to asperse in any respect his character?"

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by John Turvill Adams

To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

Now that the latter was in his grave he took occasion to cast imputations upon the motives of the historian, and asperse the honesty of his statements.

From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury

During the first nine months of 1923 there were: Births 584,458 Deaths 506,007 Birth rate excess 78,451 The Paris press aspersed U. S. lib erty.

From Time Magazine Archive

This lady's charms the nicest could not blame, But vile suspicions had aspersed her fame; That was with sense, but not with virtue, blest:240 And one had grace, that wanted all the rest.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope

All my husband's love and tenderness rose in remembrance, vindicating his aspersed honor.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

I would give my life rather than hear her aspersed by a calumnious word--give my life, aye, readily, willingly.'

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

He is at once a coward to the strong, and a tyrant to the weak; one of those despicable characters which get our nation unjustly aspersed.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

He had brought this suit against Le Journal of Paris for libelously aspersing his patriotism as an Alsatian.

From Time Magazine Archive

J. Without unfairly aspersing Homer Cummings, it can be said that the D. o.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nel didn’t tell you, I suppose, while he was engaged in aspersing my character, that there is a feud of long standing between us which is principally of his making?”

From The Shadow of the Past by F.E. Mills Young

He continued simply to attack me, to make insinuations aspersing my honesty, playing the secret back-hand game of defamation conducted by his friends of his Arctic Club.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

In the sixth place the assembly had no purpose of aspersing the right and constitutional administration of justice.

From The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession by A.M. (Alexander Martin) Sullivan