Section F, G and H

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Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. Famous is
applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary;
renowned is applied to those who are named again and again
with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world
by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See
Distinguished.

Fa"moused (?), a. Renowned.
[Obs.] Shak.

Fa"mous*ly (?), adv. In a famous
manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.

Then this land was famously enriched

With politic grave counsel.

Shak.

Fa"mous*ness, n. The state of
being famous.

Fam"u*lar (?), n. [Cf. L.
famularis of servants.] Domestic; familiar. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Fam"u*late (?), v. i. [L.
famulatus, p. p. of famulari to serve, fr.
famulus servant.] To serve. [Obs.]

Fam"u*list (?), n. [L. famulus
servant.] A collegian of inferior rank or position,
corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 8) First and Last Things (page 41) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 166)

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