noun.
The state of being widely known, recognized, or of great popular interest.
noun.
Public estimation; reputation.
noun.
Rumor.
transitive verb.
To make renowned or famous.
transitive verb.
To report to be.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To defame.
noun.
A public report or rumor.
noun.
Report or opinion widely diffused; renown; notoriety; celebrity, favorable or unfavorable, but especially the former; reputation: as, the fame of Washington; literary fame: rarely used in the plural.
To famish.
To report.
To make famous.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Public report or rumor.
noun.
Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable.
noun.
The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.
verb.
to make (someone or something) famous
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
favorable public reputation
noun.
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
Word Usage
"Whatever is enclosed within marks of parenthesis is also independent of the rest of the sentence; as, I stake my fame (_and I had fame_), my heart, my hope, my soul, upon this cast."