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bowering

bowering is the present participle and gerund of bower.

Meaning of bower

Verb

bower (third-person singular simple present bowers, present participle bowering, simple past and past participle bowered)

  1. To embower; to enclose.
    • O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell / When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend / In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh?c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 2, lines 80–82
  2. (obsolete) To lodge.
    • Flora now calleth forth each flower,
      And bids make readie Maias bower1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “March. Ægloga Tertia.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

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Words formed from bowering

Questions about bowering

What is bowering the present participle and gerund of?
Bowering is the present participle and gerund of bower.

Words near bowering in the dictionary

  1. bowerbirds
  2. Bowerchalke
  3. bowered
  4. boweries
  5. boweriest
  6. bowering
  7. bowerland
  8. bowerless
  9. bowerlet
  10. bowerlets
  11. bowerly

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