Английский Этимологический словарь - vilify
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(vilifies, vilifying, vilified) If you are vilified by someone, they say or write very unpleasant things about you, so that people will have a low opinion of you. (FORMAL) The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs... He was vilified, hounded, and forced into exile by the FBI. VERB: be V-ed for -ing/n, be V-ed, also V n, V n as n • vilification Clare did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English vilifien, from Late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis cheap, vile Date: 15th century 1. to lower in estimation or importance 2. to utter slanderous and abusive statements against ; defame Synonyms: see malign • vilifier noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (-ies, -ied) defame; speak evil of. Derivatives vilification n. vilifier n. Etymology: ME in sense 'lower in value', f. LL vilificare (as VILE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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