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noun

Renown n.

The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; always in a good sense. "Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory."

Report of nobleness or exploits; praise. "This famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown."

verb

Renown v. t. To make famous; to give renown to. (Obs.) "For joy to hear me so renown his son." "The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown."

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Etymology of 'Renown'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Renown" Quotes from Famous Books

... individual welfare; and if the vibrations of authority have occasionally tended too much toward one or the other, it is unquestionably certain that the ultimate operation of the entire system has been to strengthen all the existing institutions and to elevate our whole country in prosperity and renown. ...

— U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses • Various

... Barons, and the doughtiest of the Knights, and the Mayor and the Aldermen, and the Masters of the Crafts, sat at the banquet with the King and his mate; they brake bread together and drank cups of renown, till the voidee cup was borne in. Then at last were the King & the Queen brought to their chamber with string-play and songs and all kinds of triumph; and that first night since he lay in his mother's womb did Child Christopher fall asleep in the house which ...

— Child Christopher • William Morris

... disworship, ye may understand I would never counsel you thereto; but King Arthur and all his knights, and in especial Queen Guenever, made such dole and sorrow that it was marvel to hear and see. And ye must remember the great worship and renown that ye be of, how that ye have been more spoken of than any other knight that is now living; for there is none that beareth the name now but ye and Sir Tristram. Therefore brother, said Sir Ector, make you ready to ride to the court with us, and I dare ...

— Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) - King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table • Thomas Malory

... battle, the self-asserting glory of the big fighting hero, the pride of bloodshed, and the boasting over fallen cities, had been fit for men who had in their hearts conceived nothing greater than military renown. Our sympathies go along with a Camillus or a Scipio steeped in the blood of Rome's enemies. A Marius, a Pompey, and again a few years afterward a Caesar, were in their places as they were dragged along the Via Sacra up to the Capitol amid the plaudits of the city, ...

— The Life of Cicero - Volume II. • Anthony Trollope

... recognise of themselves that it is a good thing and a right to obey, (23) to follow their leader, to rush to close quarters with the foe. A desire will consume them to achieve some deed of glory and renown. A capacity will be given them patiently to abide by the resolution ...

— The Cavalry General • Xenophon

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