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Webster 1913 Edition

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Em-bed′

(ĕm-bĕd′)

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Embedded

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Embedding

.]

[Pref.

em-

+

bed

. Cf.

.]

To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed;

as, to

embed

a thing in clay, mortar, or sand

.

Webster 1828 Edition

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EMBED'

,

Verb.

T.

[en, in, and bed.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; as, to embed a thing in clay or in sand.