Blasphemed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blaspheme \Blas*pheme"\ (bl[a^]s*f[=e]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Blasphemed} (-f[=e]mf"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blaspheming}.]
     [OE. blasfem[=e]n, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. blasfhmei^n: cf.
     F. blasph['e]mer. See {Blame}, v.]
     1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to
        revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the


        Holy Spirit.
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              So Dagon shall be magnified, and God,
              Besides whom is no god, compared with idols,
              Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn.
                                                    --Milton.
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              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? --Dr. W.
                                                    Beveridge.
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     2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously
        sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile;
        to abuse.
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              You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. --Shak.
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              Those who from our labors heap their board,
              Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.
                                                    --Pope.
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