fame

Definitions

1. Something said or reported; gossip, rumour
2. Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.
   archaic, uncountable, usually
3. One's reputation
4. One's reputation.
   uncountable, usually
5. The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive
6. The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.
   uncountable, usually
7. to make (someone or something) famous

Equivalents

Examples

“There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create⟳, and therein plant⟳ / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].”

“If the accused could produce⟳ a specified number⟳ of honest neighbours to swear⟳ publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward⟳ to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.”

“I find⟳ thou art no less than fame hath bruited.”

“I was about to say⟳ that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see⟳ I will have⟳ to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve⟳ fame until some time after I left New York for the West.”

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