Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rumor \Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rumored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Rumoring}.]
   To report by rumor; to tell.

         'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel.
                                                  --Dryden.

Rumor \Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare,
   rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also {rumour}.]
   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. --Luke
                                                  vii. 17.

            Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.

   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.                        --Milton.

   3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

rumor
     n : gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed
         around by word of mouth [syn: {rumour}, {hearsay}]
     v : tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next
         president would be a woman" [syn: {rumour}, {bruit}]