- (v.t.) To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
- (v.t.) To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "asperse" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/asperse/definitions/1976325> |