† emborderv.
Obsolete.
(a) To furnish with an edge or border; to edge. Const. with (b) To place or set as a border.In modern dictionaries [in both forms].
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > form the edge of [verb (transitive)] > provide with an edge
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a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xliii. sig. Hv The crampons [of the bed] were of fyne syluer enbordered wyth golde.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 438 Among thick-wov'n Arborets and Flours Imborderd on each Bank. View more context for this quotation
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Imbordered, bordered, having borders.
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Emborder, Imborder, to furnish or enclose with a border; to bound.
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