different between injure vs asperse
injure
English
Etymology
A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin ini?ria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + i?s, i?ris (“right, law”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nd??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nd??/
- Rhymes: -?nd??(?)
Verb
injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)
- (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- (transitive) To damage or impair.
- (transitive) To do injustice to.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- praise
- help
- preserve
- benefit
Related terms
- injurious
- injury
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, ini?ria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?y?/
Noun
injure f (plural injures)
- offense, insult
Related terms
- injurier
References
“injure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
inj?re
- vocative masculine singular of inj?rus
injure From the web:
- what injures the hive injures the bee
- what injured florian
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asperse
English
Etymology
From Latin aspersus, past participle of aspergere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??sp??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??sp?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Verb
asperse (third-person singular simple present asperses, present participle aspersing, simple past and past participle aspersed)
- To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
- To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
- This is indeed a most aggravating circumstance, which attends depriving men unjustly of their reputation; for a man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him; but ought rather to despise such as affect his conversation, unless where a perfect intimacy must have convinced them that their friend’s character hath been falsely and injuriously aspersed.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defame
Translations
Anagrams
- Parsees, pareses, preases, preasse, seprase, serapes
Italian
Verb
asperse
- third-person singular past historic of aspergere
asperse
- feminine plural of asperso
Anagrams
- esparse
- paresse
- passere
- spesare
- speserà
Latin
Participle
asperse
- vocative masculine singular of aspersus
asperse From the web:
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