From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\ (bl[a^]s*f[=e]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Blasphemed} (-f[=e]mf"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaspheming}.]
[OE. blasfem[=e]n, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n: cf.
F. blasph['e]mer. See {Blame}, v.]
1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to
revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the
Holy Spirit.
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So Dagon shall be magnified, and God,
Besides whom is no god, compared with idols,
Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn.
--Milton.
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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.
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2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously
sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile;
to abuse.
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You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. --Shak.
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Those who from our labors heap their board,
Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.
--Pope.
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