What is to revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage. The . . . tellers of news abused the general. Macaulay called?
abuse — To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage. The . . . tellers of news abused the general. Macaulay. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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