† libellizev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To deal in libels, to practice slander.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > utter slander or calumny [verb (intransitive)]
missay?c1225
wrayc1330
malignc1425
slanderc1426
libel1570
deprave1600
calumniate1609
libellizec1620
sycophantize1636
disreport1655
scandalize1745
to sling (also fling, throw) mud1768
calumny1895
foul-mouth1960
c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) To Ld. Clifford 27 To reprehend In sharpe-fang'd Satyres, is to libellize, To raise vile slaunders, and false infamies.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer 285 Such a president will hearten them To libellize.
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