abloom, adv. and pred. a., prop. phr.
(əˈbluːm)
[a prep.1 + bloom.]
In or into bloom.
| 1855 Browning Men & Women II. Saul 128 The fern-branches all round..Broke a-bloom. 1863 Macm. Mag. Jan. 164 The whole hollow was abloom with the yellow gorse. 1876 M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. I. v. 168 Sweet wild flowers abloom under their feet. |