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Public report or rumor.

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  1. n. Public report or rumor.
  2. n. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.
  3. v. t. To report widely or honorably.
  4. v. t. To make famous or renowned.
  5. n. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
  6. n. favorable public reputation
  7. 1. Public report or rumor. The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. Gen. xlv. 16. 2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak. Syn. -- Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation. 1. To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. Milton. 2. To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. Milton.
  8. n:100 n. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed n. favorable public reputation