Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To impugn; dishonor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To disparage.
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- verb obsolete, rare, transitive To
disparage .
Etymologies
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Latin dehonestatus, past participle of dehonestare ("to dishonour").
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Examples
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They have some glimmerings of the deception; they apprehend a flaw somewhere; they would fain be honest, and yet they must marry notwithstanding; for honesty's sake, they are fain to dehonestate themselves a little.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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