vilify
vilify
v. trans.
See abuse.
v. trans.
See abuse.
VILIFY
male dicere alicui (to speak ill of): criminari (to accuse): de aliquo absente detrahendi causa maledicere contumelioseque dicere: detrahere de alicujus fama or gloria.
male dicere alicui (to speak ill of): criminari (to accuse): de aliquo absente detrahendi causa maledicere contumelioseque dicere: detrahere de alicujus fama or gloria.
vilify:
I. To debase, disgrace, q. v. (cf. Milton: "Their Maker's image they vilified").
II. To defame
1. diffāmo, infāmo: vTO DEFAME (1, 2, and 4).
2. crīmĭnor vTO CALUMNIATE .
3. dētrăho, detrecto, obtrecto: v.TO DETRACT FROM , DISPARAGE , SLANDER .
4. mălĕdīco, etc. v.TO REVILE . Phr. to v., existimationem oppugnare, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8 (cf. existimationem lacerare, Suet. Caes. 75, extr): to be v.'d by all, omnium sermonibus vapulare, Cic. Att. 2, 14, 1.
I. To debase, disgrace, q. v. (cf. Milton: "Their Maker's image they vilified").
II. To defame
1. diffāmo, infāmo: v
2. crīmĭnor v
3. dētrăho, detrecto, obtrecto: v.
4. mălĕdīco, etc. v.