embower

American  

[em-bou-er] / ɛmˈbaʊ ər /

Also imbower

verb (used with or without object)

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

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embower British  

/ ɪmˈbaʊə /

verb

1. archaic (tr) to enclose in or as in a bower

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Other Word Forms

• unembowered
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of embower

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

Example Sentences

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embower

The valleys are green, the brooks are frequent, the rivers are tortuous, the mountains are high, and luxuriant walnut-trees embower the roads.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various

Tall trees embower it; and over its porches, and all along its picturesque, irregular front, and on its thatched roof, the woodbine and the ivy climb, and there are wild roses and the maiden's blush.

From Shakespeare's England by Winter, William

And I can think I see the groves again, 6 The larches that yon peaceful roof embower; The airy down, the cattle-speckled plain, And the slant sunshine on the village tower.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by Gilfillan, George

I will see that he naturally falls in with Prof. Alaric Hobbs, and then, 'fond of seclusion,' I will embower my 'Asiatic Lion' not a league from the 'Banker's Folly.'

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

The ancient and hereditary groves, too, that embower this island, are most of them full of story.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington