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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RU'MOR, n. [L.]
1. Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another without any known authority for the truth of it.
Rumor next and chance and tumult and confusion all embroil'd.
When ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled. Mark 13.
2. Report of a fact; a story well authorized.
This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea. Luke 7.
3. Fame; reported celebrity.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight.
RU'MOR, v.t. To report; to tell or circulate a report.
'Twas rumor'd my father 'scap'd from out the citadel.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth [syn: rumor, rumour, hearsay] v
1: tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman" [syn: rumor, rumour, bruit]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English rumour, from Anglo-French, from Latin rumor clamor, gossip; akin to Old English r?on to lament, Sanskrit rauti he roars Date: 14th century 1. talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source 2. a statement or report current without known authority for its truth 3. archaic talk or report of a notable person or event 4. a soft low indistinct sound ; murmur II. transitive verb (rumored; rumoring) Date: 1594 to tell or spread by rumor

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rumor Ru"mor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rumored; p. pr. & vb. n. Rumoring.] To report by rumor; to tell. 'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rumor Ru"mor, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also rumour.] 1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety. This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. --Luke vii. 17. Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak. 2. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified. Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled. --Milton. 3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see rumour

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Report, talk, bruit, gossip, hearsay. 2. Flying report, common voice, town talk. 3. Report, story, news, tidings, bruit. 4. Fame, reputation, celebrity, repute. II. v. a. Report, tell, bruit, circulate, spread abroad, noise abroad.

Foolish Dictionary

The long-distance champion of the Human Race--a monster with more tales than an octopus.

Moby Thesaurus

announce, blab, break the news, breathe, bring word, bruit, bruit about, buzz, canard, chat, circulate, common talk, cry, flying rumor, give a report, give tidings of, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, idea afloat, info, inform, information, intimate, latrine rumor, leak, low-down, make known, mumble, mutter, news, news stirring, noise abroad, on dit, on-dit, pass around, poop, put about, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, roorback, rumble, rumor, say, scoop, scuttlebutt, suggest, susurration, talk, tattle, tell, tidings, tittle-tattle, town talk, unconfirmed report, undertone, whisper, write up