Helen Fenton

Aspersed: Definition and part of speech

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Aspersed

  1. imp. & p. p. of Asperse
  2. a. Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Asperse: Definition and part of speech

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Asperse

  1. v. t. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man’s character.
  2. v. t. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aspersion: Definition and part of speech

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Aspersion

  1. n. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
  2. n. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.