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ablow

adj
/əˈbloʊ/US

Etymology

From a- + blow.

  1. derived from *bʰleh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *blēaną✻
  3. inherited from *blāan✻
  4. inherited from blāwan
  5. inherited from blowen
  6. prefixed as ablow — “a + blow”

Definitions

  1. Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.

    • [...] The flower breaks from its sheath and is ablow / And gives its richest perfumes. [...]
    • You know, the year's not always May — Oh, once the lilacs were ablow !
    • [...] against the green, yet, growing in tilled soil, grow stronger and taller than any daffodil can grow in turf : hundreds of them are ablow together, and the very robustness of their splendour [...]

  2. Blowing or being blown

    Blowing or being blown; windy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA