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  • 61Blatter — Blat ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blattered}.] [L. blaterare to babble: cf. F. blat[ e]rer to bleat.] To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. [Archaic] The rain blattered. Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] They procured . . .… …

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  • 62Blattered — Blatter Blat ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blattered}.] [L. blaterare to babble: cf. F. blat[ e]rer to bleat.] To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. [Archaic] The rain blattered. Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] They procured …

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  • 63Calumniate — 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… …

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  • 64Calumniated — 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… …

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  • 65calumniating — 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… …

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  • 66Mimic — Mim ic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mimicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mimicking}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. [1913 Webster] The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie.… …

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  • 67Mimicked — Mimic Mim ic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mimicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mimicking}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. [1913 Webster] The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien… …

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  • 68Mimicking — Mimic Mim ic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mimicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mimicking}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. [1913 Webster] The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien… …

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  • 69Pseudo- — Pseu do [Gr. pseydh s lying, false, akin to psey dein to belie; cf. psydro s lying, psy qos a lie.] A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo apostle, a false apostle; pseudo clergy, false or… …

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  • 70Slander — Slan der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slandering}.] 1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate. [1913… …

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