report sb. (the sense ‘what is said about something’ is very freq. in various phrases: “give good ”= speak well (of a person) Wint. V. ii. 170 [162], “make r-s”=speak All'sW. IV. iii. 344, “suffer the ” =be told Cym. I. iv. 63)
1.
rumour, common talk
AYL. I. i. 6
“ speaks goldenly
of his profit,”
1H6 II. iii. 18
“I see is fabulous and
false,”
Ant. II. ii. 192
“if be square to
her,”
Per. I. i. 35.
2.
reputation, good name
Meas. II. iii. 12
“Hath blister'd her
,”
Ado III. i. 97
“foremost in through
Italy.”
3.
testimony (“to”), commendation (S.)
LLL. II. i. 63
“my to his great
worthiness,”
Sonn. lxxxiii. 5
“therefore have I slept
in your ”
(=in commending you).
4.
resounding noise
R3 IV. iv. 153
“report of war.”