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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 1.6 [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}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
Sharp, irresistible by mail or shield,
By guard unparried as by flight unstayed,
O serviceable Rumor, let me wield
Against my enemy no other blade.
His be the terror of a foe unseen,
His the inutile hand upon the hilt,
And mine the deadly tongue, long, slender, keen,
Hinting a rumor of some ancient guilt.
So shall I slay the wretch without a blow,
Spare me to celebrate his overthrow,
And nurse my valor for another foe.
Joel Buxter
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