[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

defame \defame"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. defamed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. defaming. oe. defamen, diffamen, from f. diffamer, or
   of. perh. defamer, fr. l. diffamare cf. defamatus infamous;
   dis- in this word confused with de + fama a report. see
   fame.
   1. to harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to
      disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to
      dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
      1913 webster

   2. to render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
      1913 webster

            my guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
            my blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to charge; to accuse. r.
      1913 webster

            rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the
            person of a noble knight.             --sir w.
                                                  scott.

   syn: to asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. see asperse.
        1913 webster
see also:
defamed defaming fame asperse 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

defame \defame"\, n.
   dishonor. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

defame
     v : charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
         name and reputation of someone; "the journalists have
         defamed me" "the article in the paper sullied my
         reputation" syn: slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate,
          calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
see also:
slander smirch asperse denigrate calumniate smear 
sully besmirch 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 moby thesaurus words for "defame":
   asperse, attaint, bad-mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot,
   blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on,
   cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove,
   disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, libel,
   malign, misrepresent, pillory, reprimand, scandalize, slander,
   slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish,
   throw mud at, traduce, vilify

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

defame, v.t.  to lie about another.  to tell the truth about another.

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