| Blaspheme | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blasphemed p. pr. & vb. n. Blaspheming. ] [ OE. blasfemēn, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n: cf. F. blasphémer. See Blame, v. ] 1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. [ 1913 Webster ] So Dagon shall be magnified, and God,
Besides whom is no god, compared with idols,
Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. [ 1913 Webster ] You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Those who from our labors heap their board,
Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
