embow en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪmˈbəʊ/
Etymology
From em- + bow.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, archaic) To bend like a bow; to curve.
embowed arches
1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:with gilded horns embowd like the moon
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| embows | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| embowing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| embowed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| embowed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |