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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1563-1624
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Calum(p)niat, p.p. and v. Also: calumniate, callomnyat. [(Med.) L. calum(p)niāt-us, p.p. of calum(p)niārī; e.m.E. calumniate (1554).] a. p.p. Calumniated.
b. v. To calumniate; to use calumny.(a) 1572 Reg. Privy C. II. 137.
To se … thair doings calumpniat and evill spokin of 1587 Misc. Bann. C. I. 111.
Vnderstanding my selff to haiff bene injustlie detractit and calumniat be malicious persouns c1610 Melville Mem. 302.
They ar callomnyat by ther vnfrendis and envyers(b) 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 31.
That thai mycht haif ane reddie way to calumpniat the regent 1572 Satirical Poems xxxiii. 34.
Detractouris … Quhais crafte is to calumpniat but caus 1624 St. A. Baxter Bks. 86.
If ever … ony brother of craft sall sclander, calumniat, … or iniure the deacon
