"fulmine" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfʌlmɪn/, /ˈfʊlmɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fulmine.wav Forms: fulmines [present, singular, third-person], fulmining [participle, present], fulmined [participle, past], fulmined [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|fulminer}} French fulminer, {{der|en|la|fulminō||lighten, illuminate}} Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”), {{doublet|en|fulminate|notext=1}} fulminate Head templates: {{en-verb}} fulmine (third-person singular simple present fulmines, present participle fulmining, simple past and past participle fulmined)
  1. (archaic) To thunder or lightning. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-fulmine-en-verb-BgpTrWHE
  2. (archaic, figurative) To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate. Tags: archaic, figuratively
    Sense id: en-fulmine-en-verb-YUa-UWa7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

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