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Audio Help [vil-uh-fahy] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [vil-uh-fahy] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
| 1. | to speak ill of; defame; slander. |
| 2. | Obsolete. to make vile. |
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tr.v. vil·i·fied, vil·i·fy·ing, vil·i·fies To make vicious and defamatory statements about. See Synonyms at malign. [Middle English vilifien, from Late Latin vīlificāre, to hold cheap : Latin vīlis, cheap; see wes-3 in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficāre, -fy.] vil'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., vil'i·fi'er n. |
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vilify
1450, "to lower in worth or value," from L.L. vilificare "to make cheap or base," from L. vilis "cheap, base" (see vile) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to slander, speak evil of" is first recorded 1598.
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| vilify | |
verb | |
| spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" |
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