impluere

impluere [CL] 1 (impers.) it rains on. pluit componitur ~it, unde implutus ‥ et hec implutio Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 430. 2 (trans.) to rain on (in quot., fig.). b (p. ppl.) rained on, spoilt by rain; cf. AN emplu. verbula sicca, Deus, implue rore tuo Walt. Angl. Fab. prol. 10.  b Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 430 (v. 1 supra); 1257 avena: ‥ in supravendicione vij summe dimidia, putride et ~e MinAc Abergavenny 86. 3 to cause to fall like rain, shower. b (fig., w. ref. to praise). o Cirre latices nostre, Deus, implue menti Hanv. I 191.  b licebit / solverer in quevis commendativa viroque / impluerem laudes Hanv. I 139.