Meanings
verbbehowl (third-person singular simple present behowls, present participle behowling, simple past and past participle behowled)
present singular third person behowls · participle present behowling · participle past behowled · past behowled
- archaictransitiveTo howl at.
Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; […]
1590, William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream
Origin
From be- (“on, at, upon”) + howl.
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behowl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behowl
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