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单词 embower
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embowerimbowerv.

/ɛmˈbaʊə//ɪmˈbaʊə/
Forms: Also 1600s imbowr(e.
Etymology: < en- prefix1, in- prefix1 + bower n.1
1. transitive. To shelter, enclose, seclude as in a bower; also absol.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > in or as in other specific receptacle or enclosure
casea1525
to case up1566
chamber1568
bag1570
embower1580
cistern1587
bower1599
casket1603
entemple1603
immould1610
incavern1611
incave1615
chest1616
enchest1632
intrunk1633
labyrinth1637
caverna1640
cabinetc1642
ark1644
to box in1745
lantern1789
cauldron1791
cave1816
pocket1833
castle1871
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter
wrench?c1225
covera1275
herda1300
lown1487
scug1513
subumber1543
becalm1559
embower1580
ensconce1594
sconce1598
screen1611
burrow1657
lew1664
embosom1685
1580 Sir P. Sidney & Countess of Pembroke in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 78 Him..Whom Sion holds embowered.
a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 173 Ah Destinies! and you whom Skies embow'r.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 304 Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High overarch't imbowr . View more context for this quotation
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) cxlvii Ye, whom highest Heaven imbow'rs, Praise the Lord.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott i, in Poems (new ed.) 9 And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 333 Elms and..vines embower them with..rustling leaves.
2. intransitive for reflexive. To take shelter, lodge as in a bower. ? Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)]
liec1000
harbourc1200
sojournc1290
layc1300
sojourc1330
to make, take (up) one's lodging1362
pilgrimagea1382
bield?a1400
lodgec1400
tarryc1400
to make (one's) residence1433
harbingec1475
harbry1513
stay1554
roost?1555
embower1591
quarter1591
leaguer1596
allodge1601
tenta1616
visit1626
billet1628
to lie abroad1650
tabernacle1653
sojourney1657
canton1697
stop1797
to shake down1858
to hole up1875
perendinate1886
shack1935
cotch1950
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > take or seek refuge [verb (intransitive)] > take shelter > in specific place
embower1591
hut1691
bank1865
1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I Small Birds in their wide boughs embowring.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 74 Gaze but vpon the house, whear man embowr's.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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