\Blas*pheme"\ (bl[a^]s*f[=e]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Blasphemed} (-f[=e]md"); 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.
         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.

\Blas*pheme"\, v. i.
To utter blasphemy.
      He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath
      never forgiveness.                       --Mark iii.
                                               29.