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blas⋅pheme

  [blas-feem, blas-feem] verb, -phemed, -phem⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
2. to speak evil of; slander; abuse.
–verb (used without object)
3. to speak irreverently of God or sacred things; utter impieties.
Origin:
1300–50; ME (< AF) < LL blasphēmāre < Gk blasphēmeîn to speak profanely, deriv. of blásphēmos blasphemous

Related forms:
blas⋅phem⋅er  [blas-fee-mer, blas-fee-, -fuh-] , noun

Synonyms:
1. See curse.
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blas·pheme   (blās-fēm', blās'fēm')   
v.   blas·phemed, blas·phem·ing, blas·phemes

v.   tr.
  1. To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
  2. To revile; execrate.
v.   intr.
To speak blasphemy.

[Middle English blasfemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos, evil-speaking, blasphemous; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
blas·phem'er (blās-fē'mər, blās'fə-) n.
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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.

Blaspheme

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

He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. --Mark iii. 29.
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Main Entry: blas·pheme
Pronunciation: blas-'fEm, 'blas-"fEm
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: blas·phemed; blas·phem·ing
transitive verb : to commit blasphemy against <blaspheme God> intransitive verb : to commit blasphemy
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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