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calumniate
 
SYLLABICATION:ca·lum·ni·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  k-lmn-t
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ca·lum·ni·at·ed, ca·lum·ni·at·ing, ca·lum·ni·ates
To make maliciously or knowingly false statements about. See synonyms at malign.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin calumnir, calumnit-, from calumnia, calumny. See calumny.
OTHER FORMS:ca·lumni·ation —NOUN
ca·lumni·ator —NOUN
 
 
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