See defame on Wiktionary
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"text": "My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.",
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"To disgrace; to bring into disrepute."
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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"sense": "to disgrace, bring into disrepute",
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{
"text": "Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight."
}
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"To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence."
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"(now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence."
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"text": "to defame somebody"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "позоря"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "panetella"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "diffamer"
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"roman": "kakologó",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
"word": "κακολογώ"
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"roman": "blasphēméō",
"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"sense": "to harm, to diminish the reputation of",
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"text": "And all the sparks that may bring unto flame / Hate betwixt man and wife, or breed defame.",
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