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rumor |
4 definitions found 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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