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vilify(dictionary)

vilify (iou)



vilify verb trans. LME.
[Late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis: see VILE adjective, -FY.]
Lower in worth or value; make of little or less account. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
b. Make morally vile, degrade. Also, defile, dirty. E17-L18.
c. Disgrace, dishonour. M17-M18.
Depreciate or disparage with abusive or slanderous language; defame, revile, speak evil of. Formerly also, speak slightingly of. L16.
J. P. Stern He extols Rome..merely to vilify Judaeo-Christian subversiveness. W. Sheed Inclined to vilify the informers and canonize the resisters.
Regard as worthless or of little value; despise. L16-L17.
vilifi'cation noun (a) rare the action of lowering a person etc. in worth or value; (b) the action of vilifying or reviling a person etc. with abusive language; an instance of this; (c) rare an abusive remark or speech: M17.
vilifier noun E17.
vilifyingly adverb L17.