˜yÐÄvlog

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embower

[ em-bou-er ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to shelter in or as in a bower; bow; cover or surround with foliage.


embower

/ ɪ³¾Ëˆ²ú²¹ÊŠÉ™ /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to enclose in or as in a bower
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ôe³¾Â·²ú´Ç·Éİù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of embower1

First recorded in 1570–80; em- 1 + bower 1
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Example Sentences

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These branches might seem gay and cheerful were not cannon embowered there.

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Many an Elm Street across America today is planted with some other tree, once was lost the embowering shade of elms that created a quintessential main street view of small-town America.

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The glow of the Christmas rituals I still love best — lights, candles, hearths — would mean little to me without the shadows that embower them.

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Mirror panels the rear wall, reflecting the garden as well as the scalloped awning roof and giving the square footage the breezy feeling of a transparent pavilion embowered by greenery.

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They are nearly always embowered amongst great stately trees, that the forefathers planted when the foundations of the new home were laid.

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