verb (used with object), as·persed, as·pers·ing.
1.
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
2.
to sprinkle; bespatter.
Origin:
1480–90; < Latin aspersus besprinkled (past participle of aspergere), equivalent to a- a-5 + -sper- (combining form of spar-, variant of sparg- sparge) + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
1480–90; < Latin aspersus besprinkled (past participle of aspergere), equivalent to a- a-5 + -sper- (combining form of spar-, variant of sparg- sparge) + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
as·pers·er, noun
as·per·sive, adjective
as·per·sive·ly, adverb
un·as·persed, adjective
un·as·per·sive, adjective
Synonyms
1. malign, abuse, traduce.
1. malign, abuse, traduce.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to spread false rumours about; defame |
| 2. | rare to sprinkle, as with water in baptism |
| [C15: from Latin aspersus, from aspergere to sprinkle] | |
| as'perser | |
| —n | |
| as'persive | |
| —adj | |
| as'persively | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
asperse
late 15c., "to besprinkle," from L. aspersus, pp. of aspergere (see aspersion). Meaning "to bespatter someone's character with rumor and false reports" is recorded from 1610s.
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