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belibel

belibel verb: to libel, slander, calumniate.

Verb

belibel (third-person singular simple present belibels, present participle (US) belibeling or (UK) belibelling, simple past and past participle (US) belibeled or (UK) belibelled)

  1. (dated, transitive) To libel, slander, calumniate.
    • See the laziness of posterity ; so far from imitating the industry of their ancestors , that they belibel the pure effects of their pains as hellish achievementsa. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

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Forms of belibel

third-person singular presentbelibels
present participle USbelibeling
present participle UKbelibelling
past participle USbelibeled
past USbelibeled
past participle UKbelibelled
past UKbelibelled

Origin of belibel

From be- + libel.

Questions about belibel

What does belibel mean?
Belibel means to libel, slander, calumniate.
What part of speech is belibel?
Belibel is a verb.
What is the past tense of belibel?
The past tense of belibel is belibeled.

Words near belibel in the dictionary

  1. beli
  2. Beli Manastir
  3. Belial
  4. Belialic
  5. Beliar
  6. belibel
  7. belibelled
  8. belibelling
  9. belibels
  10. Belica
  11. Belichick

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