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   Blaspheme , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blasphemed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blaspheming.] [OE. blasfemēn, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. βλασφημεῖν: cf. F. blasphémer. See Blame, v.]
   To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
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   So Dagon shall be magnified, and God,
   Besides whom is no god, compared with idols,
   Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn.
   Milton.
   
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   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.
   
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   Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
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   You do blaspheme the good in mocking me.
   Shak.
   
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   Those who from our labors heap their board,
   Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.
   Pope.
   
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   Blaspheme, v. i. To utter blasphemy.
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   He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness.
   Mark iii. 29.
   
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