Embower Em·bow"er transitive verb To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [ Written also imbower .] [ Poetic] Milton. -- intransitive verb To lodge or rest in a bower. [ Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser.

Embowl Em·bowl" transitive verb To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [ Obsolete] Sir P. Sidney.

Embox Em·box" transitive verb To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

Emboyssement Em·boysse"ment noun [ See Embushment .] An ambush. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Embrace Em·brace" (ĕm*brās") transitive verb [ Prefix em- (intens.) + brace , transitive verb ] To fasten on, as armor. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Embrace Em·brace" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Embraced (-brāst"); present participle & verbal noun Embracing (-brā"sĭng).] [ Middle English embracier , French embrasser ; prefix em- (L. in ) + French bras arm. See Brace , noun ] 1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy.

Shak.

Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them.

Acts xx. 1. 2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak. 3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." Shak.

What is there that he may not embrace for truth?

Locke. 4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed,
Between the mountain and the stream embraced .

Denham. 5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

Not that my song, in such a scanty space,
So large a subject fully can embrace .

Dryden. 6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak. 7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone. Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply.

Embrace Em·brace" intransitive verb To join in an embrace.

Embrace Em·brace" noun Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

We stood tranced in long embraces ,
Mixed with kisses.

Tennyson.

Embracement Em·brace"ment noun [ Confer French embrassement .] 1. A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Dear though chaste embracements .

Sir P. Sidney. 2. State of being contained; inclosure. [ Obsolete]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.

Bacon. 3. Willing acceptance. [ Obsolete]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness.

Barrow.

Embraceor Em·brace"or noun (Law) One guilty of embracery.

Embracer Em·bra"cer noun One who embraces.

Embracery Em·bra"cer·y noun (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Embracive Em·bra"cive adjective Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [ R.] Thackeray.

Embraid Em·braid" transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + 1st braid .] 1. To braid up, as hair. [ Obsolete] Spenser. 2. To upbraid. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Elyot.

Embranchment Em·branch"ment noun [ Confer French embranchement .] The branching forth, as of trees.

Embrangle Em·bran"gle transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + brangle .] To confuse; to entangle.

I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties.

Berkeley.

Embrasure Em·bra"sure noun [ See Embrace .] An embrace. [ Obsolete] "Our locked embrasures ." Shak.

Embrasure Em·bra"sure -277 noun [ French, from embraser , perhaps equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.] 1. (Architecture) A splay of a door or window.

Apart, in t

Embrave Em·brave" transitive verb 1. To inspire with bravery. [ Obsolete] Beaumont. 2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [ Obsolete]

And with sad cypress seemly it embraves .

Spenser.

Embrawn Em·brawn" transitive verb To harden. [ Obsolete]

It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh.

Nash.

Embread Em·bread" transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + bread = 1st braid .] To braid. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Embreathement Em·breathe"ment noun The act of breathing in; inspiration. [ R.]

The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement , and dictation of the Holy Ghost.

W. Lee.

Embrew Em·brew" transitive verb To imbrue; to stain with blood. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Embright Em·bright" transitive verb To brighten. [ Obsolete]

Embrocate Em"bro·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Embrocated ; present participle & verbal noun Embrocating .] [ New Latin embrocatus , past participle of embrocare ; confer Greek ... lotion, fomentation, from ... to foment; ... in + ... to wet.] (Medicine) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Embrocation Em`bro·ca"tion noun [ New Latin embrocatio : confer French embrocation .] (Medicine) (a) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. (b) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Embroglio Em·brogl"io noun See Imbroglio .

Embroider Em·broid"er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Embroidered ; present participle & verbal noun Embroidering .] [ Middle English embrouden . See Broider .] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen.

Ex. xxviii. 39.

Embroiderer Em·broid"er·er noun One who embroiders.

Embroidery Em·broid"er·y noun ; plural Embroideries 1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering. 2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.

Addison.

A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases.

J. A. Symonds.

Embroil Em·broil" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Embroiled ; present participle & verbal noun Embroiling .] [ French embrouiller ; prefix em- (L. in ) + brouiller . See 1st Broil , and confer Imbroglio .] 1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

The royal house embroiled in civil war.

Dryden. 2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with ...able and legend.

Addison. Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

Embroil Em·broil" noun See Embroilment .

Embroiler Em·broil"er noun One who embroils.

Embroilment Em·broil"ment noun [ Confer French embrouillement .] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.

Embronze Em·bronze" transitive verb 1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person. [ Poetic] 2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze , transitive verb

Embrothel Em·broth"el transitive verb To inclose in a brothel. [ Obsolete] Donne.

Embroude, Embrowde Em·broud"e, Em·browd"e Em*broyd"e transitive verb To embroider; to adorn. [ Obsolete]

Embrowded was he, as it were a mead
All full of fresshe flowers, white and red.

Chaucer.

Embrown Em·brown" transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + brown .] To give a brown color to; to imbrown.

Summer suns embrown the laboring swain.

Fenton.

Embrue Em·brue" transitive verb See Imbrue , Embrew . [ Obsolete]

Embrute Em·brute" transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + brute . Confer Imbrute .] To brutify; to imbrute.

All the man embruted in the swine.

Cawthorn.

Embryo Em"bry·o noun ; plural Embryos . [ French embryon , Greek 'e`mbryon , perhaps from ... in (akin to Latin ... English in ) + ... to be full of, swell with; perhaps akin to English brew .] (Biol.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant ; as: (a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus ). (b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. In embryo , in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo ." Swift.

Embryo Em"bry·o adjective Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

Embryo sac Em"bry·o sac` (Botany) See under Embryonic .

Embryogenic Em`bry·o·gen"ic adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.

Embryogeny Em`bry·og"e·ny noun [ Greek 'e`mbryon an embryo + root of ... to produce: confer French embryogénie .] (Biol.) The production and development of an embryo.

Embryogony Em`bry·og"o·ny noun [ Greek 'e`mbryon an embryo + gonh` generation.] (Biol.) The formation of an embryo.

Embryography Em`bry·og"ra·phy noun [ Greek 'e`mbryon an embryo + -graphy .] (Biol.) The general description of embryos.

Embryologic, Embryological Em`bry·o·log"ic, Em`bry·o·log"ic·al adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology.

Embryologist Em`bry·ol"o·gist noun One skilled in embryology.

Embryology Em`bry·ol"o·gy noun [ Greek 'e`mbryon an embryo + -logy : confer French embryologie .] (Biol.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.