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† emˈblemish, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 enblemisch, emblemysh, -ysch, 6 emblemmissh, -bleamish, 7 imblemish.
[f. en- + blemish; AFr. had emblemir.]
trans. a. To damage, injure, maim; b. to deface, disfigure.
c1384Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 362 And bi sich blyndenesse in cursing many curseris emblemyshen hemsilf. c1385Chaucer L.G.W., Lucrece (Camb. MS.) And hire teris..Emblemyschid [other texts embellished] hire wifly chastite. 1548Hall Chron. (1809) 137 I fele my name and fame greatly emblemmisshed. 1575Laneham Let. (1871) 36, I..by my fond tempring afore hand embleamish the beauty. 1671F. Phillips Reg. Necess. 472 The said Richard Chedder was imblemished and maimed to the peril of death.
Hence emˈblemishing vbl. n.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 406/1 The great emblemishing of Christian faith. |