Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rumor"

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

Rumor \Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rumored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rumoring}.]
To report by rumor; to tell.

'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel.
--Dryden.

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

Rumor \Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare,
rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also {rumour}.]
1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
fame; notoriety.

This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea,
and throughout all the region round about. --Luke
vii. 17.

Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.

2. A current story passing from one person to another,
without any known authority for its truth; -- in this
sense often personified.

Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion,
all embroiled. --Milton.

3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

rumor
n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
around by word of mouth [syn: {rumour}, {hearsay}]
v : tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next
president would be a woman" [syn: {rumour}, {bruit}]


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