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berain

berain verb: to rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.

Verb

berain (third-person singular simple present berains, present participle beraining, simple past and past participle berained)

  1. (transitive) To rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.
    • Till at the last, recovering his voice, Supping the tears that all his breast berained, [...]2005, Gordon Braden, Sixteenth-century poetry: an annotated anthology - Page 132

Forms of berain

third-person singular presentberains
present participleberaining
past participleberained
pastberained

Origin of berain

From Middle English berainen, bireinen, equivalent to be- + rain. Cognate with Dutch beregenen (“to shower”), German beregnen (“to irrigate”).

Questions about berain

What does berain mean?
Berain means to rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.
What part of speech is berain?
Berain is a verb.
What is the past tense of berain?
The past tense of berain is berained.

Words near berain in the dictionary

  1. Bera
  2. beractant
  3. beraeid
  4. beraeids
  5. berahyaluronidase alfa
  6. berain
  7. beraka
  8. berakah
  9. berakahs
  10. berakas
  11. berakhah

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