distream
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dis- + stream (with dis- as intensifier).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːm
Verb
[edit]distream (third-person singular simple present distreams, present participle distreaming, simple past and past participle distreamed)
- (poetic) To flow.
- 1743, William Shenstone, Elegy XIX:
- Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear.
References
[edit]- “distream”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.