What is to defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character called?
blacken — To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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