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defamated

defamated is the simple past and past participle of defamate.

Meaning of defamate

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.

Questions about defamated

What is defamated the simple past and past participle of?
Defamated is the simple past and past participle of defamate.

Words near defamated in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defamated (page history and authors); defamate (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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