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Definition of Emboss

1. Verb. Raise in a relief. "Embossed stationery"

Definition of Emboss

1. v. t. To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

2. v. t. To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.

3. v. t. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.

4. v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.

Definition of Emboss

1. Verb. To mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a wood or forest. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To drive (an animal) to extremity; to exhaust, to make foam at the mouth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emboss

1. to decorate with raised designs [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Emboss

1. To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. Origin: Etymology uncertain. 1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. "In the Arabian woods embossed." (Milton) 2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. "A knight her met in mighty arms embossed." (Spenser) Origin: Cf. Pr. & Sp. Emboscar, It. Imboscare, F. Embusquer, and E. Imbosk. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emboss

Literary usage of Emboss

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sallust's Jugurtha and Catiline: With Notes and a Vocabulary by Sallust (1863)
"... to carve figures in relief, emboss. B. С. Ее was afterwards sent into G allia Narbonensis to oppose the Cimbri, and was defeated by them. ..."

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