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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLASPHE'ME, v.t. [Gr. The first syllable is the same as in blame, blasme, denoting injury; L. loedo, loesus; The last syllable is the Gr.,to speak.]
1. To speak of the Supreme Being in terms of impious irreverence; to revile or speak reproachfully of God, or the Holy Spirit. 1 Kings 21. Mark 3.
2. To speak evil of; to utter abuse or calumny against; to speak reproachfully of.
BLASPHE'ME, v.i. To utter blasphemy.
He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven. Mark 3.
1. To arrogate the prerogatives of God.
This man blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins but God? Math.9. Mark 2.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate]
2: speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God"

Merriam Webster's

verb (blasphemed; blaspheming) Etymology: Middle English blasfemen, from Late Latin blasphemare — more at blame Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to speak of or address with irreverence 2. revile, abuse intransitive verb to utter blasphemy • blasphemer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. talk profanely, making use of religious names, etc. 2 tr. talk profanely about; revile. Derivatives: blasphemer n. Etymology: ME f. OF blasfemer f. eccl.L blasphemare f. Gk blasphemeo: cf. BLAME

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blaspheme Blas*pheme" (bl[a^]s*f[=e]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blasphemed (-f[=e]md"); 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. So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. --Milton. 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. 2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. --Shak. Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blaspheme Blas*pheme", v. i. To utter blasphemy. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. --Mark iii. 29.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(blasphemes, blaspheming, blasphemed) If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word. 'Don't blaspheme,' my mother said... The spiritual leader charged that the book blasphemed against Islam. VERB: V, V against n • blasphemer (blasphemers) Such a figure is liable to be attacked as a blasphemer. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Speak impiously of. 2. (Rare.) Revile, calumniate, defame, traduce, malign, speak evil of. II. v. n. Utter blasphemy, speak impiously of God or of sacred things, be impious, utter sacrilege.

Moby Thesaurus

abuse, accurse, anathematize, belittle, blast, calumniate, confound, curse, damn, darn, decry, defame, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, excommunicate, execrate, fulminate against, hex, imprecate, malign, profane, put down, revile, swear, throw a whammy, thunder against, vilify