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ated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.

With renown.

Not renowned. [Obs.]

Famous; renowned; well known. Wright. [Written also brim and brimme.]

Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.

A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is veritable Croesus.

To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. Milton.

Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate. Famous for a scolding tongue. Shak.

Renowned. [Obs.] Shak.

Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles.

in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute. When those renowned noble peers Greece Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar. Spenser. For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist. Milton.

A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. "A renowned dandy and lady-killer." Blackw. Mag.

Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy. [Obs.] Holland.

as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak. Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. Milton.

imarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc. Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles around. Milton.

Renowned. [Obs.]

struments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of. The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound. Pope.

silver vessel . . . Its appearance was hailed with acclamation, being the wassail bowl so renowned in Christmas festivity." W. Irving. -- Wassail cup, a cup from which wassail was drunk.