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calumniate

[kuh-luhm-nee-eyt] / kəˈlʌm niˌeɪt /


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The hired advocate may calumniate as he will, but he can show no collusion or connivance on your part.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

According to these principles, our doctors in their quarrels, injure, defame, calumniate, and asperse, and when they have the power, persecute and exterminate each other.

From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Annet, Peter

Is it necessary to hate those who disagree with you, and to calumniate those whose argument you cannot answer, in order to be spiritual?

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green

Men of courage don't fall sick because the newspapers calumniate them.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

He speaks to calumniate thinkers, and to warn the faithful against the discoveries of science.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green




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