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English Dictionary: rumor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rumor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumor n gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth Synonym(s): rumor, rumour, hearsay v tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman" Synonym(s): rumor, rumour, bruit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumor \Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also {rumour}.] 1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety. This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. --Luke vii. 17. Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak. 2. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified. Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled. --Milton. 3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumor \Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rumored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rumoring}.] To report by rumor; to tell. 'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. --Dryden.