Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-PER'SION
AS-PER'SION, n.
- A sprinkling, as of water or dust, in a literal sense. – Shak.
- The spreading of calumnious reports or charges, which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water. – Bp. Hall.
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