Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fame

Fame (fām) , noun

[Old French fame, Latin fama, from fari to speak, akin to Greek {not transcribed} a saying, report, fa`nai to speak. See Ban, and compare Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.]

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. — Shakespeare

Fame , transitive verb

1.
To report widely or honorably.
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