Usually means: Spread false statements to defame.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word calumniate:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. calumniate: Merriam-Webster
  2. calumniate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. calumniate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. calumniate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. calumniate: Vocabulary.com
  6. calumniate: Wordnik
  7. calumniate: Wiktionary
  8. calumniate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. calumniate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. calumniate: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Calumniate, calumniate: Dictionary.com
  12. Calumniate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. calumniate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. calumniate: Rhymezone
  15. Calumniate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. calumniate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. calumniate: FreeDictionary.org
  18. calumniate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. calumniate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. calumniate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. calumniate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. calumniate: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. calumniate: A Word A Day
  2. calumniate: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See calumniated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (calumniate)

verb:  (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
verb:  (transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.

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