calumniate

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The Magian went to Cambyses to calumniate his brother, saying that his mind was set on evil.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

The tattling world would instantly unite—or calumniate us.

From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

They know not what they do, nor what they say: in their ignorance they calumniate that which is best both in their life and in themselves.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste

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

It is still fashionable to calumniate this man—and yet Channing, Theodore Parker, Longfellow, Emerson, and in fact all the liberal Unitarians and Universalists of the world have adopted the opinions of Thomas Paine.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green