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emmarble, v.|ɛˈmɑːb(ə)l| Also enmarble. [f. en- + marble n.] trans. To convert into marble, fig.; to sculpture in marble; to adorn or inlay with marble. Hence emmarbled ppl. a.
1596Spenser Hymn to Love 140 Wks. (1862) 487 Thou doest emmarble the proud hart of her. 1850Mrs. Browning Crowned & Buried Poems II. 223 Pictured or emmarbled dreams. 1864Blackfriars I. 59 The richly enmarbled altar. |