behowl

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English

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Etymology

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From be- (“on, at, upon”) +‎ howl.

Verb

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behowl (third-person singular simple present behowls, present participle behowling, simple past and past participle behowled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To howl at.
    • 1590, William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream:
      Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; […]
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