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

  Calumniate \Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of
     calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.]
     To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or
     of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.
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           Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and
           calumniate all godly men's doings.       --Strype.
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     {Syn}. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce;
        belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See {Asperse}.
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