asperse

Etymology

From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.

verb

  1. To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
    a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water 2004, Derek Walcott, The Prodigal, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, page 102
  2. To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

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