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blaspheme definition

blas·pheme (blas fēm′, blas′fēm′)

transitive verb blasphemed -·phemed′, blaspheming -·phem′·ing

  1. to speak irreverently or profanely of or to (God or sacred things)
  2. to curse or revile

Etymology: ME blasfemen < OFr blasfemer < LL(Ec) blasphemare < Gr blasphēmein, to speak evil of, in LGr(Ec), blaspheme < blas- (< ?) + phēmē, utterance: see fame

intransitive verb

to utter blasphemy

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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