OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 36853

calumniate

/kəˈlʌmni.eɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
calumniar
To make hurtful untrue comments about.
Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.
I missed her when she was not on the stage, in spite of the absorbing interest of that most calumniated and ill-used person, the Jew. (Speaking of Fanny Kemble as Portia)
Phrases