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Webster 1913 Edition
Renown
1.
The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; – always in a good sense.
Nor envy we
Thy great
Thy great
renown
, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden.
2.
Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.
This famous duke of Milan,
Of whom so often I have heard
Of whom so often I have heard
renown
. Shakespeare
Re-nown′
(r?-noun′)
, Verb.
T.
[F.
renommer
to name again, celebrate, make famous; pref. re-
re- + nommer
to name, L. nominare
, fr. nomen
a name. See Noun
.] To make famous; to give renown to.
[Obs.]
For joy to hear me so
renown
his son. Chapman.
The bard whom pilfered pastorals
renown
. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Renown
RENOWN'
, n.Fame; celebrity; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments.
Giants of old, men of renown. Gen. 6. Num. 16.
RENOWN'
,Verb.
T.
Soft elocution does thy style renown.
A bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown.
[This verb is nearly or quite obsolete.]