blasten

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === blaste, blesten === 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 To strongly blow or exhale. To emit fire from one's mouth. (rare) To afflict with noxious breath. (rare, of wind) To blast; to gust. (rare) To blow on a musical instrument. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: blast Scots: blast ==== References ==== “blasten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 September 2018.