Vilify /(vĭl"ĭ*fī)/

Vil·i·fy

Vilify

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Vilified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vilifying

  1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.]
    When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite.
  2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
    Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.
  3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.]
    I do vilify your censure.