1. (n.) Public report or rumor.

2. (n.) Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.

3. (v. t.) To report widely or honorably.

4. (v. t.) To make famous or renowned.

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