embower

American  

[em-bou-er] / ɛmˈbaʊ ər /

Also imbower

verb (used with or without object)

1. to shelter in or as in a bower; bow; 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

He makes the like to flourish out of mere flowerpots, and embower his balconies and windows, and why shouldn't this flourish with me?

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

Even the grove of banana trees that used to embower his house had been swept away.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

What the bee is to the floweret,   When he looks for honey-dew, Thro' the leaves that close embower it,   That, my love, I'll be to you.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

The branches of trees rose on all sides as if to embower the house, and birds and bees flew about his casement, through which came the fresh perfumes of the woods, in summer.

From Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

That grey village spire, with its groves of oak and pine, how invitingly it stands! those trees that embower it, once formed a covert for the deer.

From Canadian Crusoes by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland