| 释义 |
† emˈbait, v. Obs.
[f. en- + bait v.1]
a. ? To attract by a bait; also fig.
b. To feed, glut (one's malice).
1567Drant Horace's Epist. i. xiii. E iiij, Such geare, As will embaite our Cesars eye. 1611Florio, Adescaménto, an embaiting. Adescáre, to embait. a1620T. Robinson Mary Magd. 531 The Crocodile can sorrowe to y⊇ sight, And vnder sighes embaite his venom'd spight. |