How do you pronounce ablow?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbloʊ/.

ablow

/əˈbloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.56 in modern English

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Dated

"[...] The flower breaks from its sheath and is ablow / And gives its richest perfumes. [...]"
"You know, the year's not always May — Oh, once the lilacs were ablow !"
"[...] against the green, yet, growing in tilled soil, grow stronger and taller than any daffodil can grow in turf : hundreds of them are ablow together, and the very robustness of their splendour [...]"

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow English ablow From a- + blow.

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