- OE. blasfemēn, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n: cf. F. blasphémer. See Blamev.
- To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit.So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn.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?
- Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.You do blaspheme the good in mocking me.Those who from our labors heap their board,Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.
