rumored

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rumor \Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rumored; p. pr. & vb. n. Rumoring.] To report by rumor; to tell. [1913 Webster]

'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]