As*pers"er (&?;), n. One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.
As*per"sion (&?;), n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion.] 1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
Behold an immersion, not and aspersion.
Jer. Taylor.
2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers.
Grote.
Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue.
Dryden.
As*pers"ive (&?;), a. Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. -- As*pers"ive*ly, adv.
||As`per`soir" (&?;), n. [F.] An aspergill.
||As`per*so"ri*um (&?;), n.; pl. Aspersoria (&?;). [LL. See Asperse.] 1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.