• ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

    Ambrose Bierce: ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
    Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.15, 谷月社