'Vilify' definitions:

Definition of 'vilify'

(from WordNet)
verb
Spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, revile, vituperate, rail]

Definition of 'Vilify'

From: GCIDE
  • Vilify \Vil"i*fy\ (v[i^]l"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vilified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vilifying.] [L. vilis vile + -fy; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value.]
  • 1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I do vilify your censure. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

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