VILIFY

vilify. Vilify, v.t. to debase, defame, abuse, undervalue, slight

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Vil″i‐fy (vĭl″ĭ‐fī), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vilified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vilifying.] [[L. vilis vile + -fy; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value.]] 1. 1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite. Milton. 2. 2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate. I. Taylor.
Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind. Addison. 3. 3. To treat as vile; to despise.
I do vilify your censure. Beau. & Fl.