berain
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English berainen, bireinen, equivalent to be- + rain. Cognate with Dutch beregenen (“to shower”), German beregnen (“to irrigate”).
Verb[edit]
berain (third-person singular simple present berains, present participle beraining, simple past and past participle berained)
- (transitive) To rain upon; wet with rain; moisten.
- 2005, Gordon Braden, Sixteenth-century poetry: an annotated anthology - Page 132:
- Till at the last, recovering his voice, Supping the tears that all his breast berained, [...]