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Sow (?), v. t. [imp. Sowed (?); p. p. Sown (?) or Sowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sowing.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. sāwan; akin to OFries. sa, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. sājan, G. säen, Icel. sā, Sw. så, Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. sēti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi.  Cf. Saturday, Season, Seed, Seminary.]
    1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, “to sow wheat”. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. “He would sow some difficulty.”  Chaucer.

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    A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. Matt. xiii. 3, 4.

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    And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. Addison.

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    2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.

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    The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. Sir M. Hale.

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    [He] sowed with stars the heaven. Milton.

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    Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. Milton.

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Sown (?), p. p. of Sow.

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