Sully (verb)
sul-ee
Damage the purity or integrity of.
Late 16th century perhaps from French souiller ‘to soil’.
Example sentences
“How dare he sully her good reputation in this way.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
