Dictionary entry

Shower (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Show″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Showered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Showering.] 1. To water with a shower; to ��t copiously with rain.

Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton.

2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in �undance; to rain. Shak.

C�sar's favor,

That showers down greatness on his friends. Addison.