imbathe en · VERB
Etymology
From im- + bathe.
Meanings
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of embathe.
alt of embathe
And gave her to his daughters to imbathe / In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel.
1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| imbathed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| imbathed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| imbathes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| imbathing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |