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.