The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rumor \Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rumored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rumoring.]
To report by rumor; to tell.
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'T was rumored
My father 'scaped from out the citadel. --Dryden.
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