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You know, fate intervened. I went on to the DCMS committee to have a quieter life before the phone hacking scandal broke, and then ended up investigating the company that had libelled me previously when I was a minister.
Tom A. Watson

Meaning of "libelled" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIBELLED

libelled  [ˈlaɪbəld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIBELLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Libelled 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 libelled in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LIBELLED

PRESENT

Present
I libel
you libel
he/she/it libels
we libel
you libel
they libel
Present continuous
I am libelling
you are libelling
he/she/it is libelling
we are libelling
you are libelling
they are libelling
Present perfect
I have libelled
you have libelled
he/she/it has libelled
we have libelled
you have libelled
they have libelled
Present perfect continuous
I have been libelling
you have been libelling
he/she/it has been libelling
we have been libelling
you have been libelling
they have been libelling
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 libelled
you libelled
he/she/it libelled
we libelled
you libelled
they libelled
Past continuous
I was libelling
you were libelling
he/she/it was libelling
we were libelling
you were libelling
they were libelling
Past perfect
I had libelled
you had libelled
he/she/it had libelled
we had libelled
you had libelled
they had libelled
Past perfect continuous
I had been libelling
you had been libelling
he/she/it had been libelling
we had been libelling
you had been libelling
they had been libelling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you libel
we let´s libel
you libel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to libel
Past participle
libelled
Present Participle
libelling
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 LIBELLED


abled
ˈeɪbəld
corbelled
ˈkɔːbəld
disabled
dɪˈseɪbəld
fabled
ˈfeɪbəld
gabled
ˈɡeɪbəld
gambolled
ˈɡæmbəld
garbled
ˈɡɑːbəld
humbled
ˈhʌmbəld
learning-disabled
ˌlɜːnɪŋdɪˈseɪbəld
marbled
ˈmɑːbəld
rebelled
ˈrebəld
ribald
ˈrɪbəld
stubbled
ˈstʌbəld
troubled
ˈtrʌbəld
unassembled
ˌʌnəˈsɛmbəld
undissembled
ˌʌndɪˈsɛmbəld
unfabled
ʌnˈfeɪbəld
unlabeled
ʌnˈleɪbəld
war-disabled
ˈwɔːdɪˌseɪbəld
warbled
ˈwɔːbəld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIBELLED

libecchio
libeccio
libel
libelant
libelee
libeler
libelist
libellant
libellee
libeller
libelling
libellous
libellously
libelous
liber
Liber Extra
Liber Sextus
liberal
liberal arts
liberal democracy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIBELLED

called
cancelled
compelled
empanelled
excelled
expelled
fuelled
gravelled
labelled
levelled
modelled
panelled
propelled
quarrelled
repelled
self-propelled
shelled
shrivelled
single-celled
travelled
unlabelled

Synonyms and antonyms of libelled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIBELLED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «libelled» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of libelled

Translation of «libelled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIBELLED

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

Translator English - Chinese

诽谤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

difamado
570 millions of speakers

English

libelled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

libelled
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشهير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оклеветали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

difamado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

libelled
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diffamé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Libelled
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verleumdet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

libelled
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

libelled
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Libelled
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

libelled
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

libelled
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेकायदेशीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hakaret
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diffamato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zniesławienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обмовили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

calomniat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσφημιστεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

libelled
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förtalad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

libelled
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of libelled

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIBELLED»

The term «libelled» is normally little used and occupies the 131.426 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIBELLED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «libelled» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «libelled» 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 libelled

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «LIBELLED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word libelled.
1
Tom A. Watson
You know, fate intervened. I went on to the DCMS committee to have a quieter life before the phone hacking scandal broke, and then ended up investigating the company that had libelled me previously when I was a minister.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIBELLED»

Discover the use of libelled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to libelled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Report of the Case of the Steamship Meteor: Libelled for ...
Libelled for Alleged Violation of the Neutrality Act ... Meteor (Steamship) Francis Vergnies Balch. OF THE CASE OF THE STEAMSHIP METEOR, LIBELLED FOB ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE NEUTRALITY ACT. WE.L PROCEDEINGS IN THE ...
Meteor (Steamship), Francis Vergnies Balch, 1869
2
The Seven Chartist and Military Discourses Libelled by the ...
CHARTIST. AND. MILITARY'. DISCOURSES -"" TO WHICH ARE ADDED, f YOUR OTHER DISCOUBSES FOBMEBLY PUBLISHED, WITH ONE on Two mom; As A SPECIMEN OF THE AUTHOR'S MODE 0F TREATING OTHER SCRIPTURE ...
Patrick Brewster, 1843
3
Memoirs of the Late William Cobbett, Esq., M.P. for Oldham: ...
Had he no recol- 1 ction left of a nobleman of the name of Hardwicke, whom he libelled ?— of another nobleman of the name of Redesdale, whom he also libelled ?— of an honourable judge of the name of Osborne, whom he also libelled ?
Robert Huish, 1836
4
John Peter Zenger: His Press, His Trial and a Bibliography ...
any Perfon fafe from being called to an Account as a Libeller : For Mofes, meek as he was, libelled Cain ; and who is it that has not libelled the Devil ? For according to Mr. Attorney it is no Juftification to fay one has a bad Name. Ech- ard has ...
Livingston Rutherfurd, 1904
5
The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland, ...
James VI. should infer the pain of death upon the invasion, as it is circumstantiate and libelled? but that the archbishop was invaded, who was a privy counsellor, and with the qualification that is required by the said act of parliament, that it was  ...
Robert Wodrow, 1830
6
British and Foreign State Papers
The following Enumeration of the Cases in which Individuals have been prosecuted for infringing, or attempting to infringe our Neutrality, in aid of the Governments of New Spain, and in which Vessels have been seized and libelled, under the ...
‎1838
7
Cases decided in the House of Lords: on appeal from the ...
deed of the 21st day of June 1780, or the infeftment of the * 24th and 25th October 1 780, or under the other charters from 'subjects-superiors libelled on in this case: Audit is ordered, ' that, with this finding, the cause be remitted back to the ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, James Wilson, Patrick Shaw, 1829
8
Cobbett's complete collection of state trials and ...
354. The. Trial. of. PHILIP. STANDSFIELD,. Son. to. Sir. James. Stands-. field,. of. New-Milns. in. Scotland,. for. High. Treason,. the. Murder. of. his. Father,*. and. other. Crimes. libelled. against. him: 4. JAMES. II. A. D. 1688. the tract of the ...
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, William Cobbett, 1811
9
The public and general statutes passed by the Congress of ...
first above mentioned, affecting any goods, wares or merchandise, the property of British subjects, and which have been captured as aforesaid, and libelled in behalf of the captors, shall be discontinued on payment of the costs accrued on ...
United States, Joseph Story, George Sharswood, 1839
10
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court ...
Trevitl. the vessel libelled in the District Court, and duly taken possession of by the marshal of the District, and the defendant, and his servants, and keepers there, discharged from the possession and custody, as well of the said vessel as of ber ...
United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason, 1819

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIBELLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term libelled is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nigeria must “kill” NNPC – el-Rufai
Since Babangida libelled whole generations of Nigerian youth as being unfit for leadership, age has become an issue in the coming elections. «Premium Times, Jul 15»
2
Kathleen Wynne's $2 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Tim Hudak …
... against MacLeod and then-Progressive Conservative Party leader Hudak last year just before the election, claiming that she was libelled by ... «Am980 London News, Jul 15»
3
Roberto Saviano: Italy's most hunted author
After I'm gone, people will say that I'd made it all up, that I plagiarised and that I libelled.” Everyone who has ever been killed for what they ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
No winners as RTÉ settles libel case with ex-bishop
... fine to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland over its 'Mission to Prey' programme which libelled Kevin Reynolds, a Catholic missionary priest. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
5
Chief Minister Awarded Damages Against Manos Limpias The
Mr Picardo took action against the group when it libelled the Chief Minister, describing him in terms which were scandalous and untrue. «Vox Online News, Jun 15»
6
Holyhead Town Council rejects allegations of corruption made by …
Cllr Redmond alleges that the meeting was called in an attempt to “silence critics” amid concerns that the council had been libelled and ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jun 15»
7
Double murder bid accused to face trial
A second charge libelled against McAulay claims that he attempted to defeat the ends of justice by washing specific items of clothing worn. «Greenock Telegraph, Jun 15»
8
NMC gives ruling on three cases
... April 28, 2015, with the title: “Visa scam hits Girl Guides Association,” which they said had libelled them with false and malicious statements. «Graphic Online, Jun 15»
9
Two police officers libelled on live radio by one of their bosses …
Two police officers who were libelled on live radio by one of their bosses have received £25,000 in damages. Former PCs Joanne Kelly and ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Edward Adeane, courtier - obituary
In 1974 he represented the owners of The Spectator when they libelled the publishers Jonathan Cape by suggesting that they were in financial ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»

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