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Webster 1913 Edition


Embow

Em-bow′

,
Verb.
T.
To bend like a bow; to curve.
Embowed arches.”
[Obs. or R.]
Sir W. Scott.
With gilded horns
embowed
like the moon.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Embow

EMBOW

,
Verb.
T.
To form like a bow; to arch; to vault.

Definition 2024


embow

embow

English

Verb

embow (third-person singular simple present embows, present participle embowing, simple past and past participle embowed)

  1. (obsolete) To bend like a bow; to curve.
    Embowed arches. Sir Walter Scott.
    With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.

Derived terms

  • embowment