v. t.
So Dagon shall be magnified, and God,
Besides whom is no god, compared with idols,
Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those who from our labors heap their board,
Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To utter blasphemy. [ 1913 Webster ]
He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. Mark iii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who blasphemes. [ 1913 Webster ]
And each blasphemer quite escape the rod,
Because the insult's not on man, but God ? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. blasphemus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane;
Nor from the Holy One of Heaven
Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a blasphemous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. blasphemia, Gr. &unr_;: cf. OF. blasphemie. ]
☞ When used generally in statutes or at common law, blasphemy is the use of irreverent words or signs in reference to the Supreme Being in such a way as to produce scandal or provoke violence. [ 1913 Webster ]
Punished for his blasphemy against learning. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]