Rumor
Rumor , noun
[French rumeur, Latin rumor; compare rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Sanskrit ru to cry.]
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.
Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight.
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.
3.
A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Rumor , transitive verb
To report by rumor; to tell.
'T was rumored
My father 'scaped from out the citadel.