āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
aspersion
/ÉspËÉËĘÉn/
Aspersion
01
āĻ āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ
a belittling comment directed at someone or something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A single aspersion from the critic upset the young author.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϤāϰā§āĻŖ āϞā§āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ
the act of damaging a person's character or reputation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His constant aspersions damaged her reputation at work.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāύā§
the ceremonial sprinkling of water during baptism
Dated
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the ceremony, an aspersion was made over each child.
āĻ
āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
aspersion
asperse
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