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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
asperse
 
SYLLABICATION:as·perse
PRONUNCIATION:  -spûrs
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: as·persed, as·pers·ing, as·pers·es
1. To spread false or damaging charges or insinuations against. See synonyms at malign. 2. To sprinkle, especially with holy water.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, to besprinkle, from Latin aspergere, aspers- : ad-, ad- + spargere, to strew.
OTHER FORMS:as·persive (-sv, -zv) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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