v. t.
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. Sir W. Scott.
n. Dishonor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator. [ 1913 Webster ]