Fame \Fame\ (f[=a]m), n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak,
   akin to Gr. ???? a saying, report, fa`nai to speak. See
   Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.]
   1. Public report or rumor.
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            The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.
                                                  --Gen. xlv.
                                                  16.
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   2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public
      estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable;
      as, the fame of Washington.
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            I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
                                                  --Shak.

   Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.
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	Fame \Fame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famed,; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Faming.]
   1. To report widely or honorably.
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            The field where thou art famed
            To have wrought such wonders.         --Milton.
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   2. To make famous or renowned.
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            Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton.
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	fame
    n 1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
         [syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy,
         opprobrium]
    2: favorable public reputation [ant: infamy]

	

	76 Moby Thesaurus words for "fame":
   PR, acclaim, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, ballyhoo,
   blurb, bright light, celebrity, character, common knowledge,
   consequence, conspicuousness, cry, currency, daylight, dignity,
   distinction, eclat, eminence, esteem, exposure, famousness, figure,
   glare, glory, greatness, heroism, honor, hoopla, hue and cry,
   illustriousness, kudos, limelight, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty,
   maximum dissemination, memorability, name, nobility, notability,
   note, noteworthiness, notoriety, notoriousness, plug, popularity,
   preeminence, press notice, prestige, prominence, public eye,
   public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity,
   publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, recognition,
   remarkableness, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, salience,
   spotlight, stardom, sublimity, superiority, the bubble reputation,
   vogue, write-up

	

	FAME
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