Fame

n.	1.	Public report or rumor. The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. - Gen. xlv. 16.
	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.
v. t.	1.	To report widely or honorably. [imp. & p. p. Famed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming.] The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. - Milton.
	2.	To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. - Milton.

Noun	1.	fame - the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed Synonyms: renown, celebrity Antonyms: infamy, opprobrium - a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"
	2.	fame - favorable public reputation Antonyms: infamy - evil fame or public reputation

FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe) To dream that you have fame, denotes unrealized achievements and disappointed aspirations. It suggests your need to be admired by those around you. To see famous people in your dream, signifies an increase to your prosperity and honour.PR, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, ballyhoo, blurb, bright light, celebrity, character, common knowledge, consequence, conspicuousness, cry, currency, daylight, dignity, eclat, esteem, exposure, famousness, figure, glare, greatness, heroism, honor, hoopla, hue and cry, illustriousness, kudos, limelight, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, maximum dissemination, memorability, name, nobility, notability, note, noteworthiness, notoriety, notoriousness, plug, popularity, preeminence, press notice, prestige, prominence, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, recognition, remarkableness, rep, report, repute, salience, spotlight, stardom, sublimity, superiority, the bubble reputation, vogue, write-up

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