ru·mor (rū'mər)
n.

1. A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
2. Unverified information received from another; hearsay.

tr.v., -mored, -mor·ing, -mors.
To spread or tell by rumor.

[Middle English rumour, from Old French, from Latin rūmor.]

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