asperse

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈspɜːs/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈspɝs/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s === Verb === asperse (third-person singular simple present asperses, present participle aspersing, simple past and past participle aspersed) To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). To falsely or maliciously charge someone. Synonyms: libel, slander, traduce; see also Thesaurus:defame 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 2, Book 8, Chapter 8, pp. 126-127,[1] This is indeed a most aggravating Circumstance, which attends unjustly depriving Men of their Reputation; for a Man who is Conscious of having an ill Character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise those that affect his Conversation, unless where a perfect Intimacy must have convinced them that their Friend’s Character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Parsees, pareses, preases, preasse, seprase, serapes == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== asperse third-person singular past historic of aspergere === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== asperse f pl feminine plural of asperso === Anagrams === esparse, paresse, passere, saprese, spesare, speserà == Latin == === Participle === asperse vocative masculine singular of aspersus