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n.
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
n.
A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
n.
To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
a.
Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame.
v. i.
To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
imp. & p. p.
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a.
Without fame or renown.
n.
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
v. t.
To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad.
n.
A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
adv.
To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
a.
Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
n.
Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
v. t.
To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
n.
Fame; reputation; credit.
v. i.
To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.
n.
A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.
v. t.
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
n.
Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.
n.
The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.
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