blasphemet (blasfem)

and n.1 [ME., also blasfeme, II. n. A blasphemer. Wyclif . blasphemet (blas'fēm), n.2 [ME. blaspheme , blasfeme , blafeme , blafeme , blaspheme , mod. F. blasphème = Pr. blaspheme , blas phemia (ML. also blasfemia ), blaspheme , a. From the same source, through the vernacular OF. blasme , comes E. blame , n., q. v.] Blasphemy. In blasfeme of this goddis. Chaucer , Envoy to Scogan, 1. 15. blaspheme (blas-fēm'), v.; pret. and pp. blas phemed , ppr. blaspheming . [ blasfemer , mod. F. blasphémer = Pr. Sp . blasfemar = Pg. blasphemar = OIt. blasfemare (mod. It. blastemiare , bestemmiare ), blas phemare, σφημος , evil-speaking: see blaspheme , a. From the same verb, through the vernacular OF. blas mer , comes E. blame , v., q. v.] I. trans. 1. Το speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things). See blasphemy . Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. 1 Ki. xxi. 10. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? Ps. lxxiv. 10. So should thy goodne and thy greatne both Be question'd and blasphemed without defence. Milton , P. L., iii. 166. 2. To speak evil of; utter abuse or calumny against; speak reproachfully of. You do blaspheme the good, in mocking me. Shak., M. for M., L. 5. II. in trans. 1. To utter blasphemy; use profane or impious words; talk profanely or disrespectfully of God or of sacred things: followed by against . He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgivene . Mark iii. 29. Greene. 2t. To rail; utter abusive words. [Rare.] blasphemer (blås-fe'mer), n. [ blasfe mere, blasfemen , blaspheme.] One who blasphemes es; one who speaks of God or of religion in impious apious and irreverent terms. Must. each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man but God? Pope , Epil. to Satires, ii. 195. blasphemer e (blås-fe'mer-es), n. [ blas phemer + -e .] A female blasphemer. [Rare.] A diabolical blasphemer e e of God. Hall, Hen. VI., an. 9. con blasphemous (blas'fē-mus), a. [ We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God. Acts vi. 11. Mythologies ill understood at first, then perverted into feeble sensualities, take the place of representations of Christian subjects, which had become blasphemous under the treatment of men like the Caracci. Ruskin. [Formerly accented on the second syllable, as below. Oh argument blasphemous, false, and proud! Milton, P. L., v. 809.] 21. Abusive; defamatory; railing. blasphemously (blas fe-mus-li), adv. Impiously; profanely. Terribly curseth and blasphemously sweareth he never committed any such act. Stow , Queen Mary, an. 1557. blasphemy (blas'fē-mi), n.; pl. blasphemies (-miz). [ME. blasfemie = Sp. blasfemia = Pg. blasphemia = OIt. blasfemia, LL. blasphemia, Jehovah's name was invested as the Sovereign King of the Jews, or to turn the hearts of the people from their complete allegiance to him. blasphemy It was a crime answering to treason in our own time, and was carefully defined and rigorously punished by the Mosaic laws. It was of this crime that Jesus was accused, and for it condemned, because he a umed the divine character and accepted divine honors. and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. John x. 33. For good work on the not hated Hence-2. Any impious or profane speaking of God or of sacred things; reproachful, contemptuous, or irreverent words uttered impiously against God or religion. Blasphemy is an injury offered to God, by denying that which is due and belonging to him, or attributing to him that which is not agreeable to his nature. Linwood . Blasphemy cognizable by common law is described by Black stone to be "denying the being or providence of God, contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ, profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt or ridicule"; by Kent as "maliciously reviling God or religion"; and by Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw as "speaking evil of the Deity with an impious purpose to derogate from the Divine Majesty, and to alienate the minds of others from the love and reverence of God." Blasphemy is punished as a crime or a misdemeanor by the laws many nations. In the Roman Catholic Church, language irreverent toward the Virgin Mary and the saints is also held to be blasphemy. 3. Evil speaking or abusive language against anything held sacred: as, “ blasphemy against learning," Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. ( Latham.)-4. An indecent or scurrilous utterance, as distinguished from fair and respectful discu ion; gro ly irreverent or outrageous language. That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy . Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 51. A blasphemer; a blasphemous person. [Rare.] Now, blasphemy , That swear'st grace o'erboard, not an oath on shore. Shak ., Tempest, v. 1. =Syn. Blasphemy, Profanity, agree in expre ing the irreverent use of words, but the former is the stronger, and the latter the wider. Profanity is language irreverent toward God or holy things, covering especially all oaths that, literally interpreted, treat lightly the attributes or acts of God. Blasphemy is generally more direct, intentional, and defiant in its impiety, and is directed toward the most sacred things in religion. And he [the dragon] opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and thern that dwell in heaven. Rev. xiii. 6. If indecency and profanity , inspired by "potations pottle-deep," were heard anywhere with peculiar emphasis and shamele vociferation, it was at the board of England's prime minister [Sir Robert Walpole]. Whipple, H. Fielding.