Asperse

as-pers', v. t. [aspersed (-pSrsf), aspersing.] To bespatter with foul reports or injurious charges; to calumniate, slander, defame. — Asper's ion, -shun, n. A sprinkling, as of water or dust, in umny. a literal sense; spreading of calumnious reports; cal- Asphalt, as-falt'. -phal'tum, n. Mineral pitch; compact native bitumen.