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rebellow en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹiːˈbɛləʊ/ (UK)
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Etymology

From re- + bellow, after Latin reboāre.

Meanings

1. (archaic, intransitive) Of a place: to re-echo to or with a sound.
   • The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
2. (intransitive, obsolete) Of a bull (or similar animal): to bellow again, or as a reply.
   • The Lyons rore; the Tygres loudly bray; / The raging Buls rebellow through the wood […]. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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