| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  f m |
| NOUN: | 1a. Great renown: a concert violinist of international fame. b. Public estimation; reputation: a politician of ill fame. 2. Archaic Rumor. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: famed, fam·ing, fames
1. To make renowned or famous. 2. Archaic To report to be. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fma. See bh-2 in Appendix I.
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