verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To blow upon; blow around or about; proclaim or spread about (word, news, fame, etc.) ambitransitive

   "[...] Their lifebreath stays to beblow 'er clouds to the fourfar corners of Oldenworld.”"

Example

More examples

"[...] Their lifebreath stays to beblow 'er clouds to the fourfar corners of Oldenworld.”"

Etymology

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

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