Discrediting

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

  Discredit \Dis*cred"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discredited}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Discrediting}.] [Cf. F. discr['e]diter.]
     1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to
        disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
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     2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust
        in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
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              An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of
              discrediting our common English Bible. --Strype.
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     2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach
        upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
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              He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the
              same man he went.                     --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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