v. Obs. [ad. med.L. calum(p)nizā-re or 15–16th-c. F. calompnise-r; f. L. calumnia: see -IZE.] trans. To calumniate.
1606. Warner, Alb. Eng., XV. xcviii. 388.
| Next these of Saints, vnsanctified, that also sturre the State, | |
| Calumnize Church, our Liturgie, and Rites in criticke rate. |
1636. Heywood, Challenge, IV. i. Wks. 1874, V. 54. I have callumnis’d Your fame.
a. 1723. D’Urfey, Athen. Jilt (D.). Rather than calumnize the king.
