Fame /(fām)/

1. Public report or rumor.

   The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house.

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.

imp. & p. p. Famed; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming

1. To report widely or honorably.

   The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders.

2. To make famous or renowned.

   Those Hesperian gardens famed of old.