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embow
/ ɪ³¾Ëˆ²úəʊ /
verb
- tr to design or create (a structure) in the form of an arch or vault
Derived Forms
- ±ð³¾Ëˆ²ú´Ç·É±ð»å, adjective
- ±ð³¾Ëˆ²ú´Ç·É³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
Example Sentences
Embowel, em-bow′el, v.t. properly, to enclose in something else; but also used for disembowel, to remove the entrails from:—pr.p. embow′elling; pa.p. embow′elled.—n.
Embow, em-bÅ′, v.t. and v.i. to bow or arch.—p.adj.
Poet Smart's Song was a haunting combination of the lyrical and the intellectual, clothed in words that threw fresh lights and colors upon many a common thing: Where rain in clasping boughs inclos'd, And -vines with oranges dispos'd, Embow'r the social laugh .
Oh! we have often fondly stray'd In Fordoun's green embow'ring glade, And mark'd the moonbeam as it play'd On Luther's bonnie wave, Mary!
Let fragrant birks in woodbines drest My craggy cliffs adorn; And, for the little songster’s nest, The close embow’ring thorn.
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