Definition for SHOW'ER

SHOW'ER, v.t.

  1. To water with a shower; to wet copiously with rain; as, to shower the earth. – Milton.
  2. To bestow liberally; to distribute or scatter in abundance. Cesar's favor, / That show'rs down greatness on his friends. – Addison.
  3. To wet with falling water, as in the shower-bath.

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