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  • 71diffamation — [ difamasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; bas lat. diffamatio ♦ Action de diffamer. ⇒ calomnie, médisance. Diffamation d un adversaire, d un ennemi. Extorsion sous menace de diffamation : chantage. ♢ Écrit, parole diffamatoire. Les diffamations d un journal… …

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  • 72blame — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. criticism, censure; culpability, guilt. v. t. charge, reproach, condemn. See accusation, disapprobation, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Censure] Syn. disapproval, condemnation, reprehension,… …

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  • 73charge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. command, exhort, instruct; assess, tax; set a price; burden; debit; strike, attack; fill, load, prepare; accuse, blame. n. accusation, allegation, impeachment, indictment; command, order, mandate,… …

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  • 74ascribe — ascribe, attribute, impute, assign, refer, credit, accredit, charge mean to lay something (creditable, discreditable, or neutral) to the account of a person or thing. The first four of these words are often used interchangeably without marked… …

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  • 75attribute — at•trib•ute v. [[t]əˈtrɪb yut[/t]] n. [[t]ˈæ trəˌbyut[/t]] v. ut•ed, ut•ing, n. 1) to regard as resulting from a specified cause: She attributes his bad temper to ill health[/ex] 2) to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing …

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  • 76imputer — IMPUTER. v. a. Attribuer à quelqu un une chose digne de blasme. On luy impute que ... on luy impute d avoir voulu corrompre des tesmoins, d avoir esté mauvais ami. c est un livre sans nom, mais on l impute à un heretique. ne m imputez pas cette… …

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  • 77ascribe — [ə skrīb′] vt. ascribed, ascribing [ME ascriben (also ascriven < OFr ascriv , stem of ascrire) < L ascribere < ad , to + scribere, to write: see SCRIBE] 1. to assign (something) to a supposed cause; impute; attribute 2. to regard… …

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  • 78Laid — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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  • 79Lay — (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down, to be… …

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  • 80Laying — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

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