Blas-phēme’1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. BLASPHEMED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLASPHEMING.] [Fr. blasphémer, Pr. blasfemer, Lat. blasphemare, Gr. βλασφημεῖν. The first syllable, βλα, stands for βλάβη, from βλάπτω, damage, injury, from βλάπτειν, to damage; the last syllable is the Gr. φημί, I say, I speak.]
Sense 1. To speak of the Supreme Being in terms of impious irreverence; to revile or speak reproachfully of God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit.
So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no God, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.
Sense 2. To speak wickedly of; to utter abuse or calumny against; to speak reproachfully of.
You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Shak.