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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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