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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASPERSE

From Latin aspersus, from aspergere to sprinkle.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASPERSE

asperse  [əˈspɜːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASPERSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asperse is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb asperse in English.

WHAT DOES ASPERSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of asperse in the English dictionary

The definition of asperse in the dictionary is to spread false rumours about; defame. Other definition of asperse is to sprinkle, as with water in baptism.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ASPERSE

PRESENT

Present
I asperse
you asperse
he/she/it asperses
we asperse
you asperse
they asperse
Present continuous
I am aspersing
you are aspersing
he/she/it is aspersing
we are aspersing
you are aspersing
they are aspersing
Present perfect
I have aspersed
you have aspersed
he/she/it has aspersed
we have aspersed
you have aspersed
they have aspersed
Present perfect continuous
I have been aspersing
you have been aspersing
he/she/it has been aspersing
we have been aspersing
you have been aspersing
they have been aspersing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I aspersed
you aspersed
he/she/it aspersed
we aspersed
you aspersed
they aspersed
Past continuous
I was aspersing
you were aspersing
he/she/it was aspersing
we were aspersing
you were aspersing
they were aspersing
Past perfect
I had aspersed
you had aspersed
he/she/it had aspersed
we had aspersed
you had aspersed
they had aspersed
Past perfect continuous
I had been aspersing
you had been aspersing
he/she/it had been aspersing
we had been aspersing
you had been aspersing
they had been aspersing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will asperse
you will asperse
he/she/it will asperse
we will asperse
you will asperse
they will asperse
Future continuous
I will be aspersing
you will be aspersing
he/she/it will be aspersing
we will be aspersing
you will be aspersing
they will be aspersing
Future perfect
I will have aspersed
you will have aspersed
he/she/it will have aspersed
we will have aspersed
you will have aspersed
they will have aspersed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been aspersing
you will have been aspersing
he/she/it will have been aspersing
we will have been aspersing
you will have been aspersing
they will have been aspersing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would asperse
you would asperse
he/she/it would asperse
we would asperse
you would asperse
they would asperse
Conditional continuous
I would be aspersing
you would be aspersing
he/she/it would be aspersing
we would be aspersing
you would be aspersing
they would be aspersing
Conditional perfect
I would have asperse
you would have asperse
he/she/it would have asperse
we would have asperse
you would have asperse
they would have asperse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been aspersing
you would have been aspersing
he/she/it would have been aspersing
we would have been aspersing
you would have been aspersing
they would have been aspersing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you asperse
we let´s asperse
you asperse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to asperse
Past participle
aspersed
Present Participle
aspersing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASPERSE


adverse
ˈædvɜːs
commerce
ˈkɒmɜːs
converse
kənˈvɜːs
covers
ˈkəʊvɜːs
cutpurse
ˈkʌtˌpɜːs
disperse
dɪˈspɜːs
diverse
daɪˈvɜːs
e-commerce
ˈiːˌkɒmɜːs
intersperse
ˌɪntəˈspɜːs
monodisperse
ˌmɒnəʊdɪsˈpɜːs
nurse
nɜːs
perse
pɜːs
polydisperse
ˌpɒlɪdɪˈspɜːs
purse
pɜːs
reverse
rɪˈvɜːs
sperse
spɜːs
universe
ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs
unpurse
ʌnˈpɜːs
verse
vɜːs
worse
wɜːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASPERSE

aspergill
aspergilla
aspergilli
aspergilloses
aspergillosis
aspergillum
aspergillus
asperities
asperity
aspermia
asperous
asperser
aspersion
aspersions
aspersive
aspersively
aspersoir
aspersoria
aspersorium
aspersory

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASPERSE

averse
blank verse
chapter and verse
controverse
free verse
immerse
in reverse
inverse
masters of the universe
merse
metaverse
multiverse
obverse
perverse
Saint-John Perse
submerse
terse
transverse
traverse
Twitterverse

Synonyms and antonyms of asperse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «asperse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASPERSE

Find out the translation of asperse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of asperse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «asperse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

洒下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asperse
570 millions of speakers

English

asperse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कलंक लगाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خشونة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

позорить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

difamar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষিক্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

asperser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asperse
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

asperse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

asperse
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

asperse
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asperse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phỉ báng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவதூறு செய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छेडछाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lekelemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diffamare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

asperse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ганьбити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asperse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ραντίζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

asperse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

asperse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

asperse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of asperse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASPERSE»

The term «asperse» is normally little used and occupies the 133.564 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASPERSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «asperse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «asperse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about asperse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASPERSE»

Discover the use of asperse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to asperse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
100 ASPERSE. Not only what is great, strange, or beautiful, but any thing that is disagreeable when looked upon. pleases us in an apt description. Here we must inquire after a new principle 0! pleasure, which is nothing else but the action of ...
George Crabb, 1818
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
ASPERSE. in the latter case more authoritatively than in the former. lndifi'erent people ask of each other whatever they wish to know: learners inquire the reasons of things which are new to them: masters question their servants, or parents their ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
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Crabb's English Synonyms
ASPECT. See Arrearumcn. ASPERITY. See Acnmotrr. ASPERSE, Da'rsac'r, Dar/ urn, Samoan, Cancunu'rs. Asperse, In Latin aspersus, particip-Elle of aspergere, to sprinkle, allied to ghsh sprinkle, signifies in a moral sense to stain with spots.
George Crabb
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English synonymes, with copious illustrations and ...
97 ASPECT — appearance, air, aspect 476 ASPERITY— acrimony, tartness, asperity, harshness 383 TO ASPERSE — to asperse, detract, defame, slander, calumniate 105 TO ASPIRE— to aim, aspire 325 TO ASSAIL — to attack, assail, ...
George Crabb, 1858
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Toxic Substances Control Act: Trademarks and Product Names ...
KOVAPRINT CG 95 KOVAPRINT CG 100 KOVAPRINT LP-5 KOVAPRINT NT-4A KOVAPRINT NT-9 KOVAPRINT RB-10N KOVAPRINT 50S KOVAPRINT 70 SE KOVAPRINT 1194 A KOV ASPERSE FR KOV ASPERSE GDA-35 KOV ASPERSE ...
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Toxic Substances, 1979
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English synonymes explained with illustrations and exemples ...
ASPERSE, in Latin aspersus, participle of aspergo to sprinkle, signifies in a moral sense to stain with spots. - ' DETRACT, in Latin detractus, participle of detraho, compounded of de and trallo, signifies to draw from. DEFAME, in Latin dqflmzo, ...
George Crabb, 1824
7
English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
ASPERSE. ASSEMBLE. of delraho, compounded of dc and traho, signifies to draw from. DEFAME, in Latin defamo, compounded of the privative de and famo or Jama fame, signifies to deprive of reputation. SLANDEU is doubtless connected ...
George Crabb, 1826
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Asperse suggests an intent to detract from one's reputation or to lower one in popular esteem by direct accusations or, more often, by such subtler methods as innuendo or spreading false reports <there were foul tongues to asperse a Douglas ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
9
Hints to the Public and the Legislature, on the Nature and ...
Here we have in one single passage, a grammatical ii error, a ridiculous iricism, and the metaphor of a serpentine track that is made to asperse, and to asperse by winding ! ! ! . _ But so anxious is 'this evangelical champion, for the literary ...
James Sedgwick, 1808
10
English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
TO ASPERSE, DETRACT, DEFAME, SLANDER, CALUMNIATE. Asperse, in Latin aspersus, participle of aspergo to sprinkle, signifies in a mora sense to stain with spots; detract has the same signification as 'ven under the head of Disparage; ...
George Crabb, 1826

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASPERSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term asperse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
1940: Republicans Oppose War
The party divulged itself as ''the party of Americanism, preparedness and peace,'' but failed to asperse the Democratic party, conversely, as the ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
2
Dear Folks, Wit Is Overrated!
After all, you have found something nasty about a noble man, why would you otherwise asperse him? Finding nastiness in a nobleman is a ... «Pakistan Tribe, Apr 15»
3
From Comity to Commensality: Nudging the Needle of World …
And so, the moderate multitude stands idly by as loud hordes asperse the Jewish state. Moderates may wish to join a counter demonstration ... «Algemeiner, Feb 15»
4
UPDATE 2-China's Superb Summit says Muddy Waters' comments …
In its Tuesday statement, Superb Summit said the Muddy Waters report "contained misleading statements and fabricated contents to asperse ... «Reuters, Jan 15»
5
China's Superb Summit says Muddy Waters comments on accounts …
In its Tuesday statement, Superb Summit said the Muddy Waters report "contained misleading statements and fabricated contents to asperse ... «Legal Business Online, Jan 15»
6
Muslim youths protect Christians during Christmas service in Kaduna
Regrettably, many terrorists groups have used the name Islam to promote their cause and this gave many non-Muslims a chance to asperse ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Dec 14»
7
After the election… Alliance…
I didn't mean to asperse the AP campaigners. The mere passage of time has stopped the AP getting a big emotional sympathy vote on the back ... «Slugger O'Toole, May 14»
8
Conrad Black: Roosevelt the traitor? Absurd
... a fierce firefight including a considerable, though often somewhat entertaining, volume of recriminations that asperse the rigour, motivations, ... «National Post, Oct 13»
9
Defaming the Cold Warriors
... though often somewhat entertaining, volume of recriminations that asperse the rigor, motivations, ideological orientation, integrity, and sanity ... «National Review Online, Oct 13»
10
Who Inspects the Inspector?
How about someone investigate him? I don't wish to asperse the fellow, but he does have a background as a Republican staffer and operative. «Daily Beast, Aug 13»

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