What does "renown" mean?
Renown: Report of nobleness or exploits; praise. This famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To make famous; to give renown to. [Obs.] For joi to hear me so renown his son. Chapman. The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown. Pope.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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