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 ]

v. i. To utter blasphemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. Mark iii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blasphemes. [ 1913 Webster ]

And each blasphemer quite escape the rod,
Because the insult's not on man, but God ? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. blasphemus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. “Blasphemous publications.” Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor from the Holy One of Heaven
Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blasphemous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. blasphemia, Gr. &unr_;: cf. OF. blasphemie. ] 1. An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When used generally in statutes or at common law, blasphemy is the use of irreverent words or signs in reference to the Supreme Being in such a way as to produce scandal or provoke violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification. [ 1913 Webster ]

Punished for his blasphemy against learning. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]