Part 4160

<blockquote>The <b>fame</b> thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. <i>Gen. xlv. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; <as>as, the <ex>fame</ex> of Washington</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I find thou art no less than <b>fame</b> hath bruited. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.</syn>

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<hw>Fame</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Famed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>,; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Faming</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To report widely or honorably.</def>

<blockquote>The field where thou art <b>famed</b> To have wrought such wonders. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make famous or renowned.</def>

<blockquote>Those Hesperian gardens <b>famed</b> of old. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fameless</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fame"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without fame or renown.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fame"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Fa*mil`iar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>familer</ets>, <ets>familier</ets>, F. <ets>familier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>familiaris</ets>, fr. <ets>familia</ets> family. See <er>Family</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.</def> "<i>Familiar</i> feuds."

<i>Byron.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; <as>as, <ex>familiar</ex> with the Scriptures</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.</def> "In loose, <i>familiar</i> strains."

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Be thou <b>familiar</b>, but by no means vulgar. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Well known; well understood; common; frequent; <as>as, a <ex>familiar</ex> illustration</as>.</def>

<blockquote>That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As things acquainted and <b>familiar</b> to us. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There is nothing more <b>familiar</b> than this. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.</def>

<i>Camden.</i>

<cs><col>Familiar spirit</col>, <cd>a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call.</cd></cs>

<i>1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.</i>

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<hw>Fa*mil"iar</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An intimate; a companion.</def>

<blockquote>All my <b>familiars</b> watched for my halting. <i>Jer. xx. 10.</i></blockquote>