blasten

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English blǣstan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną; equivalent to blast +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblastən/

Verb

blasten

  1. To strongly blow or exhale.
  2. To emit fire from one's mouth.
  3. (rare) To afflict with noxious breath.
  4. (rare, of wind) To blast; to gust.
  5. (rare) To blow on a musical instrument.
    • 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame:
      Toke his blake trumpe faste / And gan to puffen and to blaste.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blasten (weak in -ed/-te)
infinitive (to) blasten, blaste
present tense past tense
1st-person singular blaste blasted, blaste
2nd-person singular blastest blastedest, blastest
3rd-person singular blasteth blasted, blaste
subjunctive singular blaste
imperative singular —
plural1 blasten, blaste blasteden, blastede, blasten, blaste
imperative plural blasteth, blaste —
participles blastynge, blastende blasted, blast, yblasted, yblast

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: blast
  • Scots: blast

References

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