rain

Definitions

1. 1.To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains. The rain it raineth every day. Shak.
2. 2.To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
3. 3.To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. Ex. xvi.
4. 4.2. To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to fall in drops from the clouds, as water; used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains. The rain it raineth every day. Shak called?
• What is to fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes called?
• What is to pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. Ex. xvi called?
• What is 2. To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person called?