blaspheme

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  1. transitive verb To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
  2. transitive verb To revile; execrate.
  3. intransitive verb To speak blasphemy.

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  • “Brush these cobwebs of melancholy away; have confidence in his Holiness; do not give occasion to your enemies to blaspheme, and be sure that your pension will be paid; I pledge my word for it.” Buonarroti, it is clear, wasted his time, not through indolence, but through allowing the gloom of a suspicious and downcast temperament—what the Italians call accidia —to settle on his spirits. —  The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti
  • They blaspheme, they cause public scandal, and they flagrantly defy Church doctrine while insisting they are "good, practicing Catholics." —  Catholic Exchange
  • Rev 13: 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. —  The Omega Letter
  • We don't forget people who sing Rocky Top and don't wear orange and blaspheme the words. —  Rocky Top Talk
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  1. Middle English blasfemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos, evil-speaking, blasphemous; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Middle English, also blasfeme, from Old French blasfeme (modern F. blasphème), from Middle Latin blasfemus, Late Latin blasphemus, from Greek βλάσφημος, evil-speaking, from βλασ-, prob. for βλαψ- (cf. βλάψις, damage, injury, harm) (from βλάπτειν, damage, harm, injure), + φήμη, speech (= Latin fama, fame), from φάναι = Latin fari, speak.
  2. Middle English blaspheme, blasfeme, blafeme, from Old French blafeme, blaspheme, modern F. blasphème = Provencal blaspheme, from Late Latin blasphemia (Middle Latin also blasfemia), from Greek βλασφημία, evil-speaking, from βλάσφημος, evil-speaking: see blaspheme, adjective From the same source, through the vernacular Old French blasme, comes English blame, n., q. v.
  3. from Middle English blasfemen, from Old French blasfemer, modern F. blasphémer = Provencal Spanish blasfemar = Portuguese blasphemar = Old Italian blasfemare (modern Italian blastemiare, bestemmiare), from Late Latin blasphemare, from Greek βλασφημεῖν, speak evil of, from βλάσφημος, evil-speaking: see blaspheme, a. From the same verb, through the vernacular Old French blasmer, comes English blame, v., q. v.
 

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