Vilify
Pronunciation : Vil"i*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. vilis vile + -fly; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value.]
Definition : 1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.] When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite. Milton.
2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate. I. Taylor. Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind. Addison.
3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.] I do vilify your censure. Beau. & Fl.
t. [imp. & p. p. Vilified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vilifying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913