bestrow

[ bih-stroh ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, be·strowed, be·strown or be·strowed, be·strow·ing.

1. an archaic variant of bestrew.

Example Sentences

Half smilingly, our hearts delay, Half mournfully forego The blue fantastic twisted day When faithful Konojo, For small white Lily Hasu-ko Knelt in the Butsudan, And her tomb opened to bestrow Lilies thro' old Japan.

From Project Gutenberg

E'en as when Northern Alpine blasts contend This side and that to lay an oak-tree low, Aged but strong: the branches creak and bend, And leaves thick-falling all the ground bestrow: The trunk clings firmly to the rock below: High as it rears its weather-beaten crest, So dive its roots to Tartarus.

From Project Gutenberg

As far back as the time of Juno, we read, according to Homer's graphic account, how:—   "Glad earth perceives, and from her bosom pours   Unbidden herbs and voluntary flowers:   Thick, new-born violets a soft carpet spread,   And clust'ring lotos swelled the rising bed;   And sudden hyacinths the earth bestrow,   And flamy crocus made the mountain glow."

From Project Gutenberg

Methinks I see her frantic with despair, Her streaming eyes, wrung hands, and flowing hair Her Mechlin pinners, rent, the floor bestrow, And her torn fan gives real signs of woe.

From Project Gutenberg

Glad Earth perceives, and from her bosom pours Unbidden herbs and voluntary flowers: Thick new-born violets a soft carpet spread, And clustering lotos swell'd the rising bed, And sudden hyacinths the turf bestrow,237 And flamy crocus made the mountain glow There golden clouds conceal the heavenly pair, Steep'd in soft joys and circumfused with air; Celestial dews, descending o'er the ground, Perfume the mount, and breathe ambrosia round: At length, with love and sleep's soft power oppress'd, The panting thunderer nods, and sinks to rest.

From Project Gutenberg