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Attacked with false charges
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aspersed
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspersing .] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse .] To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context heraldry English) Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered over the surface. v (en-past of: asperse )
Usage examples of aspersed.
By this time the Westphalian recovered the use of his tongue, and with many threats and imprecations, desired they would take notice how falsely he had been aspersed, and do him justice in espousing his claim to the damsel in question.
The malice of his enemies aspersed his reputation, and conspired against his life.
The Honourable George gamely rattled some loose coin of the baser sort in his pockets and tried in return for a glare of innocence foully aspersed.
The crude moral worth of the Klondike woman might be all that her two defenders had alleged, and indeed I felt again that strange little thrill of almost sympathy for her as one who had been unjustly aspersed.
The malice of his enemies aspersed his reputation, and conspired against his life.
Your soutane saves you from being called to account by the gentleman whose honour you have aspersed.
She aspersed her thrice—on bosom, loins, and knees—and then resumed her muttered litany, while Lessnya echoed her (or else snored) and the Mouser and Fafhrd stole on along the torchlit corridor.
Still there is no need to tell him too much lest it should cause his good name to be aspersed by the vulgar.
If any one had taxed him with the vice, he would have indignantly repelled the accusation, and conceived himself unworthily aspersed.