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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

beblow en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English beblowen, from Old English beblāwan (“to blow upon”), equivalent to be- (“on, around, about”) + blow.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To blow upon; blow around or about; proclaim or spread about (word, news, fame, etc.)
    • [...] Their lifebreath stays to beblow 'er clouds to the fourfar corners of Oldenworld.” 2010, Greg Hamerton, Second Sight:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beblew Tense=Past lexicographic
beblows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beblown Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beblowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic