- L. vilis vile + -fy; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value
- To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.RWhen themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite.
- To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.
- To treat as vile; to despise.ObsI do vilify your censure.
