(v) arrange or order by classes or categories, Syn. class, sort out, sort, separate, assort, Example:How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
(v) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone, Syn. denigrate, asperse, slander, smear, besmirch, smirch, calumniate, sully, Example:The journalists have defamed me!; The article in the paper sullied my reputation