1. 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. Milton. 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.
2. 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. Shak. Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope.
BLASPHEME
Blas*pheme", v. i.
Defn: To utter blasphemy. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. Mark iii. 29.
BLASPHEMER
Blas*phem"er, n.
Defn: One who blasphemes. And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God Pope.
BLASPHEMOUS
Blas"phe*mous, a. Etym: [L. blasphemus, Gr. .]
Defn: Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. "Blasphemous publications." Porteus. Nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton.
Note: Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example.
BLASPHEMOUSLY
Blas"phe*mous*ly, adv.