Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blaspheme"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\ (bl[a^]s*f[=e]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Blasphemed} (-f[=e]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaspheming}.]
[OE. blasfem[=e]n, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n: cf.
F. blasph['e]mer. See {Blame}, v.]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\, v. i.
To utter blasphemy.

He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath
never forgiveness. --Mark iii.
29.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

blaspheme
v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: {curse}, {cuss}, {swear},
{imprecate}]
2: speak of in an irrevent or impious manner; "blaspheme God"


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