Blaspheme
Pronunciation : Blas*pheme"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. blasfem, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. : cf. F. blasph?mer. See Blame, v.]
Definition : 1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name Dr. W. Beveridge.
2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Shak. Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope.
t. [imp. & p. p. Blasphemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blaspheming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Blas*pheme"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To utter blasphemy. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. Mark iii. 29.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913