ppl. a. and a. [f. TRUMPET v. and sb. + -ED.]

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  I.  1. Sounded on a trumpet; fig. celebrated as with a trumpet, greatly extolled or boasted of.

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1611.  Cotgr., Trompetté, trumpetted, or noised abroad; published, or proclaymed with sound of Trumpets.

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1775.  Mme. D’Arblay, Early Diary, Lett. to Crisp, 19 Nov. Giving … his opinion in disfavour of so trumpeted a character.

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1804.  Larwood, No Gun Boats, 34. A complete Destruction of this trumpeted Flotilla.

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1908.  Athenæum, 29 Aug., 236/1. Some of the most trumpeted names are … authors of no … consequence.

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  II.  [f. the sb.] 2. Furnished with a trumpet (or something likened to one).

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1841.  L. Hunt, Seer (1864), 4. The gnat,… airy, trumpeted, and plumed.

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  3.  Formed like a trumpet; made with one end expanded; funnel-shaped.

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1889.  Philos. Mag., Aug., 95. Their [the wires’] ends were passed into two small trumpeted holes in a stout brass plate.

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