单词 | embower |
释义 | embowerimbowerv. 1. transitive. To shelter, enclose, seclude as in a bower; also absol. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1580 |
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