Vilify1. (v. t.) To slander; to defame; to degrade; to disgrace; as to vilify a newspaper reporter.
2. (v. t.) To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
3. (v. t.) To treat as vile; to despise.
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