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arrose

arrose verb: to drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.

Verb

arrose (third-person singular simple present arroses, present participle arrosing, simple past and past participle arrosed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
    • The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you.1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page)...
    • Who from the commencement of his reign spared not the kings his enemies, who never saw rest from battle and fight, who crused like hesbet the lands and their rulers; the four cardinal points were arrosed with blood.1856, Jules Oppert, On Babylon, page 105

Forms of arrose

third-person singular presentarroses
present participlearrosing
past participlearrosed
pastarrosed

Origin of arrose

From French arroser.

Questions about arrose

What does arrose mean?
Arrose means to drench; to besprinkle; to moisten.
What part of speech is arrose?
Arrose is a verb.
What is the past tense of arrose?
The past tense of arrose is arrosed.

Words near arrose in the dictionary

  1. arrondissement
  2. arrondissements
  3. Arronville
  4. Arronvilles
  5. arrope
  6. arrose
  7. arrosed
  8. arroses
  9. arrosing
  10. arrosion
  11. arrosions

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