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Shower \Show"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Showered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Showering}.]
1. To water with a shower; to ??t copiously with rain.
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Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.
--Milton.
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2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in ?undance;
to rain. --Shak.
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C?sar's favor,
That showers down greatness on his friends.
--Addison.
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Shower \Show"er\, n.
1. One who shows or exhibits.
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2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Shower \Show"er\, n. [OE. shour, schour, AS. se?r; akin to D.
schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc?r, Icel. sk?r, Sw. skur, Goth.
sk?ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.]
1. A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but
rarely, a like fall of snow.
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In drought or else showers. --Chaucer.
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Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
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2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing
through the air copiously and rapidly.
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With showers of stones he drives them far away.
--Pope.
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3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.]
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He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.
--Shak.
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{Shower bath}, a bath in which water is showered from above,
and sometimes from the sides also.
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Shower \Show"er\, v. i.
To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
--Shak.
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