| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| blaspheme |
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| SYLLABICATION: | blas·pheme |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl s-f m , blsfm |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: blas·phemed, blas·phem·ing, blas·phemes
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner. 2. To revile; execrate. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To speak blasphemy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English blasfemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphm re, from Greek blasphmein, from blasphmos, evil-speaking, blasphemous. See bh-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | blas·phemer (bls-fm r, blsf-) —NOUN
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