asperse
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asperse
- /əˈspɜːs/ UK
- /əˈspɝs/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)s
Where it comes from
From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.
verb asperses · aspersing · aspersed
- To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water
- To falsely or maliciously charge someone. It hath always been my way to baffle reproach with silence; though I cannot but observe the disingenuous proceedings of this gentleman, who is not content to asperse my writings, but hath wounded, through my sides, those eminent and worthy citizens, Mr. John Morphew, and Mr. Bernard Lintot.
