Defn: Aspermous.
ASPERMOUS
A*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.
ASPERNE
A*sperne", v. t. Etym: [L. aspernari; a (ab) + spernari.]
Defn: To spurn; to despise. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
ASPEROUS
As"per*ous, a. Etym: [See Asper, a.]
Defn: Rough; uneven. Boyle.
ASPERSE
As*perse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspersing.]
Etym: [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad +
spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust. Heywood.
2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character. With blackest crimes aspersed. Cowper.