"blike" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /blaɪk/ Forms: blikes [present, singular, third-person], bliking [participle, present], bliked [past], bloke [past], bliked [participle, past], blicken [participle, past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare blick. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bliken}} Middle English bliken, {{inh|en|ang|blīcan||to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle}} Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blīkaną||to gleam, shine}} Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to shine}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=bloke|past_ptc2=blicken}} blike (third-person singular simple present blikes, present participle bliking, simple past bliked or bloke, past participle bliked or blicken)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To shine; gleam. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Light Related terms: blicant, blick, blicken, bleak, bleach, bliken
    Sense id: en-blike-en-verb-B0JV3zA5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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