Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAIN, v.t.

To pour or shower down from the upper regions, like rain from the clouds. Then said the Lord to Moses, behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. – Exod. xvi. God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him when he is eating. – Job xx. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest. – Ps. xi.