rebellow

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ bellow, after Latin reboāre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈbɛləʊ/

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Verb

rebellow (third-person singular simple present rebellows, present participle rebellowing, simple past and past participle rebellowed)

1. (intransitive, now rare) Of a place: to re-echo to or with a sound. [from 16th c.]
   • 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) Of a bull (or similar animal): to bellow again, or as a reply. [16th–19th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The Lyons rore; the Tygres loudly bray; / The raging Buls rebellow through the wood […].

Anagrams

• bellower, borewell, wellbore