distream

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ stream (with dis- as intensifier).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːm

Verb

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

distream in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

admirest, maistred, mardiest, maître d's, midrates, misrated, readmits

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