Renown

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Renown - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

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', v.t. To make famous.

Soft elocution does thy style renown.

A bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown.

[This verb is nearly or quite obsolete.]

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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