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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAME, n. [L. fama; Gr. from to speak.]
1. Public report or rumor.
The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. Genesis 14.
2. Favorable report; report of good or great actions; report that exalts the character; celebrity; renown; as the fame of Howard or of Washington; the fame of Solomon.
And the fame of Jesus went throughout all Syria. Matthew 4.
FAME, v.t.
1. To make famous.
2. To report.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy, opprobrium]
2: favorable public reputation [ant: infamy]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fama report, fame; akin to Latin fari to speak — more at ban Date: 13th century 1. a. public estimation ; reputation b. popular acclaim ; renown 2. archaic rumor II. transitive verb (famed; faming) Date: 14th century 1. archaic report, repute 2. to make famous

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 renown; the state of being famous. 2 reputation. 3 archaic public report; rumour. Phrases and idioms: house of ill fame archaic a brothel. ill fame disrepute. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L fama

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fame Fame, n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. ???? a saying, report, ????? to speak. See Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fame Fame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famed,; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you achieve fame, you become very well-known. The film earned him international fame. ...her rise to fame and fortune as a dramatist. claim to fame: see claim

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

fam (shem, shema`; akoe, pheme): "Fame" has the twofold meaning, (1) of report or rumor, (2) of renown or reputation (in the Old Testament it is not always easy to distinguish the two senses). "Fame," shema`, "fame," "rumor," "reports" (Nu 14:15; Job 28:22, the Revised Version (British and American) "rumor") probably means "report"; but in 1Ki 10:1; 2Ch 9:1; Isa 66:19, it is most probably "renown," or "reputation"; shemu`ah (1Ki 10:7; 2Ch 9:6) may have either meaning; shoma` (Jos 6:27; 9:9; Es 9:4) seems to mean "fame" in the sense of reputation; but in Jer 6:24 (as the American Standard Revised Version) "report"; shem, "name," has the sense of reputation (1Ki 4:31; 1Ch 14:17; 22:5; Ze 3:19, the Revised Version (British and American) "name"); qol, "voice," is report (Ge 45:16, the American Standard Revised Version "report"). In the New Testament akoe, "hearing," is "report," so the Revised Version (British and American) (Mt 4:24; 14:1; Mr 1:28); pheme, "word," "rumor," is report, fame in this sense (Mt 9:26; Lu 4:14); echos, "a sound," "noise" (Lu 4:37, the Revised Version (British and American) "rumor"), and logos, "word" (Lu 5:15, the Revised Version (British and American) "report") have the same meaning; diaphemizo, "to say throughout," "to report publicly" (Mt 9:31, "they .... spread abroad his fame"), seems to imply fame in the sense of reputation.

In 1 Macc 3:26, we have "fame" in the sense of reputation, "His fame (onoma, the Revised Version (British and American) "name") came near even to the king"; so 3:41, "heard the fame of them."

ERV has "fame" for "report" (shema`), Jer 50:43.

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Rumor, report, bruit, hearsay. 2. Reputation, repute, celebrity, glory, renown, honor, credit.

Foolish Dictionary

Having a brand of cigars named after you.

Moby Thesaurus

PR, acclaim, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, ballyhoo, blurb, bright light, celebrity, character, common knowledge, consequence, conspicuousness, cry, currency, daylight, dignity, distinction, eclat, eminence, esteem, exposure, famousness, figure, glare, glory, greatness, heroism, honor, hoopla, hue and cry, illustriousness, kudos, limelight, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, maximum dissemination, memorability, name, nobility, notability, note, noteworthiness, notoriety, notoriousness, plug, popularity, preeminence, press notice, prestige, prominence, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, recognition, remarkableness, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, salience, spotlight, stardom, sublimity, superiority, the bubble reputation, vogue, write-up