defamare

defamare [LL; CLp. ppl. only] 1 to defame, slander, denounce. b to disgrace. V. et. diffamare 2. traducere, dehonestare, ~are GlC T 269; s1239 ipsum ‥ nec capi mandavit, quamvis eum in sermonibus ~averat M. Par. Maj. III 559; est in gravi forisfactura versus dominum regem et pudoriter ~atus State Tri. Ed. I 41; 1294 dicit se nunquam ~asse [predictum W.] immo veritatem dixisse, et veritas non est defamacio SelPlMan 82; 1296 deffamavit (v. 1 claviger 2a); 1427 (v. condemnare 1d).  b si ‥ sorores religiose ‥ a ‥ regula ‥ deviant aut ~ate per malam ‥ vitam invenientur Scot. Grey Friars II 274. 2 to accuse (of): a (w. de); b (w. super); c (w. pro); d (w. quod). e (w. other). V. et. diffamare 3. a s1208 exosum eum habuit uxor propria, quam de adulterio adulter ~avit Flor. Hist. II 137; 1281 clericis ~atis de morte Jordani PQW 425b; 1311 Templarius ‥ de magno crimine ~atus (Dep. Templar.) Ann. Lond. 189; 1461 enormia crimina ‥ de quibus ‥ ~atus ‥ existit Mon. Hib. & Scot. 431; 1499 persone ~ate vel suspecte de hujusmodi ‥ gravaminibus Entries 467.  b 12‥ si [clerici] super hiis maleficiis fuerint ~ati Reg. Aberd. II 14; 1309 clericus super criminibus furti et roberie multipliciter ~atus Reg. Carl. II 9.  c 1257 M. Par. Maj. VI 357 (v. career 1a).  d 1277 calumpniatur ‥ quod deberet ~asse homines domini de S. quod deberent falcasse in prato per diem dominicam Hund. Highworth 73; 1318 ~averunt curiam domini hic falso et maliciose quod nemo potest justiciam in curia optinere CBaron 127.  e nullus ~atus tanquam receptator latrocinii debet puniri antequam malefactor fuerit convictus vel attayntus de latrocinio illo Quon. Attach. 83. 3 (by conf. w. diffamare) to publish abroad, make widely known. V. et. diffamare 1a. quis sublimavit regnum Grecorum? quis eorum gesta per totum mundum perpetualiter ~avit? Bacon V 58 (cf. Reg. Cant. 1414–43 III 274).