emboil en · VERB
Etymology
From em- + boil.
Meanings
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(intransitive, obsolete) To boil with anger; to effervesce.
quench thy hot emboiling Wrath
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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(obsolete, transitive) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
Emboyled, grieued, brent.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emboiled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| emboiled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| emboiling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| emboils | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |