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blaspheme

verb
/ˌblæsˈfiːm/UK/ˈblæs.fim/US

Etymology

From Middle English blasfeme, blasphem, blaspheme, from Middle French blaspheme, from Old French blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía).

  1. derived from βλασφημία
  2. derived from blasphēmia
  3. derived from blasfeme
  4. derived from blaspheme
  5. inherited from blasfeme

Definitions

  1. To commit blasphemy

    To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

    • But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
    • Thus from the holy Warres are we return'd, / To ſlumber in the Summer of ſoft peace, / Since thoſe proud enemies that late blaſpheamd / And ſpit their furies in the face of Heaven, / Are now laid low in duſt.
    • Mrs. Murphy: Don't you blaspheme in here!

  2. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence

    To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).

    • So Dagon ſhall be magnifi'd, and God, / Beſides whom is no God, compar'd with Idols, / Diſglorifi'd, blaſphem'd, and had in ſcorn […]
    • 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?

  3. To calumniate

    To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

    • You do blaspheme the good in mocking me.
    • Those who from our labours heap their board, / Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Obsolete spelling of blasphemy.

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Derived

blaspheme-vine, unblasphemed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA