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- verb transitive, obsolete To
flow by, about, or around; flow all over;overflow .
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So what that related to was during a discrete historical period, while Noranda Aluminum was down, and we are seeing other industrial sales declines, we had made some sales off system, which the margins were held outside of the fuel adjustment clause, what the Commission ordered was that certain of those revenues beflow through the fuel adjustment clause, and so that was about $17 million $0.05 charge.
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He looked at her with aftonifhment 1 faid a few words tft aflhre her that the fum, whatever it was, ihould be faithfully repaid, though he be - lieved BO fuch thing; and thenfpokeof the favour which the emperor had awhoriied him to beflow onMunfter, as a recompenfe
Herman of Unna: A Series of Adventures of the Fifteenth Century, in which ... 1796
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The grant of the new charter muft be void in as much as it purported to beftow this right; to which he anfwered, that the grant would in time beflow all it intended; and that it was not neceffary that every part of it ftiould take efFeft at the fame inftant.
Reports of the proceedings before select committees of the House of commons 1793
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He has a higher reward in profpeft, than any honours which this world can beflow.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... 1791
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It proves alfo, that political confideration was not, at this period, confined to the greater nobility; but that men of fmall property, and of inferior condition, the repre - fentatives of counties and boroughs, were pofTefTed of fo much intereil as enabled them, by throwing their weight into the icale of the fovereign, to beflow upon him an entire afcendant over the national council.
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The generous only can this pleafure know Who tafte the god-like virtue — to beflow!
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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Nor thus her lovely bloom of life beflow On fome cold lover, or infulting foe.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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As it appears prpbable that the breeding of filk worms may in time be introduced into this country, the Society beflow a due degree of regard to every obfervation that may tend to giver ufeful information on this point.
The Monthly Review 1789
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No, Sir, we are children of the fun, and are bom to diffufe the bounteous favour which our noble parent is pleafed to beflow on us.
A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments Performed on the British Stage. ... 1782
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That man can wiihj or Heav'n beflow I Trull me, thefe raptures are divine.
The Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or, Beauties of British Poetry 1781
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