blasten
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English blǣstan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną; equivalent to blast + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]blasten
- To strongly blow or exhale.
- To emit fire from one's mouth.
- (rare) To afflict with noxious breath.
- (rare, of wind) To blast; to gust.
- (rare) To blow on a musical instrument.
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame:
- Toke his blake trumpe faste / And gan to puffen and to blaste.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of blasten (weak in -ed/-te)
infinitive | (to) blasten, blaste | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | blaste | blasted, blaste | |
2nd-person singular | blastest | blastedest, blastest | |
3rd-person singular | blasteth | blasted, blaste | |
subjunctive singular | blaste | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | blasten, blaste | blasteden, blastede, blasten, blaste | |
imperative plural | blasteth, blaste | — | |
participles | blastynge, blastende | blasted, yblasted |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “blasten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.
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- enm:Fire
- enm:Music
- enm:Wind