English Dictionary

asperse

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈspɜːs/

動詞

To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). / To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

日本語の意味

（液体や塵を）ばら撒く、散布する。 / 中傷する、悪意をもって非難する。

The priest used a small branch to asperse the congregation with holy water.

司祭は小さな枝を使って会衆に聖水を振りかけた。

意味（1）

To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).

a hand in San Marco's font / aspersed him with foul canal water

意味（2）

To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.

This is indeed a most aggravating circumstance, which attends depriving men unjustly of their reputation; for a man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise such as affect his conversation, unless where a perfect intimacy must have convinced them that their friend’s character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed.

asperses （ present singular third-person ）

aspersing （ participle present ）

aspersed （ participle past ）

aspersed （ past ）