embower

[ em-bou-er ]

/ ɛmˈbaʊ ər /

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verb (used with or without object)

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

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Also im·bow·er

[im-bou-er] /ɪmˈbaʊ ər/ .

Origin of embower

First recorded in 1570–80; em-¹ + bower¹

OTHER WORDS FROM embower

un·em·bow·ered, adjective

Words nearby embower

embouchure, embourgeoisement, embow, embowed, embowel, embower, embrace, embracement, embraceor, embracery, embracive

How to use embower in a sentence

Vines were planted that in the course of time would cover and embower it; there was a tiny fireplace for chilly days.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
And again keep the tone level on the first line of the next stanza, "like a rose embower'd."
Vocal Expression|Katherine Jewell Everts
Embower a cottage thickly and completely with nothing but roses, and nobody would desire the interference of another plant.
Garden-Craft Old and New|John D. Sedding
Bright flowers ornament the gardens, and gay creepers embower doors and windows.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864|Various

First, the water-works tower rises above the mass of trees which embower the settlement.
Historic Waterways--Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers|Reuben Gold Thwaites

British Dictionary definitions for embower

embower

/ (ɪmˈbaʊə) /

verb

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

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