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blas·pheme    Audio Help   [blas-feem, blas-feem] Pronunciation Key verb, -phemed, -phem·ing.
–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 blasphémāre < Gk blasphémeǐn to speak profanely, deriv. of blásphémos blasphemous]

blas·phem·er    Audio Help   [blas-fee-mer, blas-fee-, -fuh-] Pronunciation Key, noun

1. See curse.
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blas·pheme    Audio Help   (blās-fēm', blās'fēm')  Pronunciation Key 
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

verb
1. utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse
2. speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God" 

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

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

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Blaspheme

Blame\ (bl[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blamed (bl[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Blaming.] [OE. blamen, F. bl[^a]mer, OF. blasmer, fr. L. blasphemare to blaspheme, LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n to speak ill, to slander, to blaspheme, fr. bla`sfhmos evil speaking, perh, for blapsi`fhmos; bla`psis injury (fr. bla`ptein to injure) + fh`mh a saying, fr. fa`nai to say. Cf. Blaspheme, and see Fame.]

1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach.

We have none to blame but ourselves. --Tillotson.

2. To bring reproach upon; to blemish. [Obs.]

She . . . blamed her noble blood. --Spenser.

To blame, to be blamed, or deserving blame; in fault; as, the conductor was to blame for the accident.

You were to blame, I must be plain with you. --Shak.
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