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单词 impearl
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impearlv.

/ɪmˈpəːl/
Forms: Also 1500s–1800s em-, (1600s–1700s in-).
Etymology: < French emperler (16th cent. in Littré) or Italian imperlare (Florio): see im- prefix1 and pearl n.1
1. transitive. To deck with pearls or pearl-like drops: said of dew, rain, tears.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with pearls or pearl-like drops
impearl1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Imperlare, to empearle or decke with pearles, to set with pearle.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 111 The flowerie Meades, Impearl'd with teares, that sweet Aurora sheads.
1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) ii. 268 Heavenly Dews Nightly descending shall impearl the Grass.
1729 R. Savage Wanderer ii. 173 Here Love inpearls each moment with a tear.
1824 T. Fenby On a Young Girl i Tears will soon her cheek impearl.
1876 J. Grant One of Six Hundred vii Groves and meadows all empearled with dew.
figurative.1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 110 On gold sand impearl'd With lily shells.
2. To make pearly or pearl-like.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)]
whiteOE
emblanch1393
blank1484
whiten1552
frost1596
albify1599
frostbite?1605
hoar1605
dealbate1623
impearl1640
marble1658
bewhite1678
whiten1699
rewhiten1725
bewhiten1810
ermine1825
powder1890
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [verb (transitive)] > make pearly
impearl1640
1640 T. Carew Poems 115 Another shall Impearle thy teeth.
1794 Poetry in Ann. Reg. 421 Gems dissolv'd impearl her luscious drink.
3. To form into pearl-like drops.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular > form into small spheres or pellets
impearlc1595
pellet1609
pelletize1952
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxxiii. 11 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 226 The teares the morne doth shedd Which ly on ground Empearled round.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 747 Dew-drops, which the Sun Impearls on every leaf and every flouer. View more context for this quotation
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 23 The crystal dews, impearl'd upon the grass.
1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 11 The spheres themselves are but as shining noughts Upon the mantle of the night impearled.

Derivatives

imˈpearled adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [adjective] > made of or furnished with
pearleda1393
impearled1597
pearly1605
baccated1731
bepearled1863
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 68 A rich imperled Coronet.
1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets 162 Let Time see Its flowering crest impearled and orient.
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