embower

[ em-bou-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

embower

/ ɪmˈbaʊə /

Origin of embower¹

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

Vines were planted that in the course of time would cover and embower it; there was a tiny fireplace for chilly days.

And again keep the tone level on the first line of the next stanza, "like a rose embower'd."

Embower a cottage thickly and completely with nothing but roses, and nobody would desire the interference of another plant.

Bright flowers ornament the gardens, and gay creepers embower doors and windows.

First, the water-works tower rises above the mass of trees which embower the settlement.

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