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defamate

/ˈdɛ.fə.meɪt/

defamate verb: to defame, libel, or slander.

Verb

defamate (third-person singular simple present defamates, present participle defamating, simple past and past participle defamated)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To defame, libel, or slander.

defamate meaning in Bengali

defamate in Bengali

মানহানি করা, অপবাদ দেওয়া, কুৎসা রটানো

Forms of defamate

third-person singular presentdefamates
present participledefamating
past participledefamated
pastdefamated

Origin of defamate

Back-formation from defamation.

Questions about defamate

What does defamate mean?
Defamate means to defame, libel, or slander.
What is defamate in Bengali?
Defamate in Bengali is মানহানি করা, অপবাদ দেওয়া, কুৎসা রটানো. See Defamate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is defamate?
Defamate is a verb.
How do you pronounce defamate?
Defamate is pronounced /ˈdɛ.fə.meɪt/.
What is the past tense of defamate?
The past tense of defamate is defamated.

Words near defamate in the dictionary

  1. DeFalcos
  2. defalk
  3. defalked
  4. defalking
  5. defalks
  6. defamate
  7. defamated
  8. defamates
  9. defamating
  10. defamation
  11. defamations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defamate (page history and authors); defamate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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