DISCREDIT (2)

discredit (2). Discredit, v.t. not to believe, to disgrace, to hurt

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Dis‐cred″it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.] [[Cf. F. discréditer.]] 1. 1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
2. 2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype. 2. 2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.