How do you spell Asperse

Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
2) v. t. - 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.