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blaspheame

blaspheame is the obsolete spelling of blaspheme.

Meaning of blaspheme

Verb

blaspheme (third-person singular simple present blasphemes, present participle blaspheming, simple past and past participle blasphemed)

  1. (intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
    • But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 3:29
  2. (transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
    • So Dagon ſhall be magnifi'd, and God, / Beſides whom is no God, compar'd with Idols, / Diſglorifi'd, blaſphem'd, and had in ſcorn […]1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 32
  3. (transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
    • You do blaspheme the good in mocking me.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of blaspheame

third-person singular presentblaspheames
present participleblaspheaming
past participleblaspheamed
pastblaspheamed

Questions about blaspheame

What is blaspheame the obsolete spelling of?
Blaspheame is the obsolete spelling of blaspheme.

Words near blaspheame in the dictionary

  1. Blasius
  2. Blasko
  3. Blaskos
  4. blasom
  5. blasoms
  6. blaspheame
  7. blaspheme
  8. blaspheme-vine
  9. blasphemed
  10. blasphemer
  11. blasphemeress

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