What does "fame" mean?

Fame: 2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. Milton.
  2. 3.To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. Milton.

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