The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.
--Gen. xlv.
16.
2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public
estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable;
as, the fame of Washington.
I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
--Shak.
Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.
The field where thou art famed To have wrought such
wonders. --Milton.
2. To make famous or renowned.
Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton.