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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\, v. i. To utter blasphemy. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. --Mark iii. 29. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blaspheme v : utter obscenities [syn: {curse}, {cuss}, {swear}, {imprecate}]
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