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Definition of Embower
1. Verb. Enclose in a bower.
Definition of Embower
1. v. t. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.
Definition of Embower
1. Verb. (transitive poetic) To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To lodge or rest in or as in a bower. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To form a bower. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embower
1. to surround with foliage [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Embower
1. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. Alternative forms: imbower] . To lodge or rest in a bower. "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embower
Literary usage of Embower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... where fragrant buds Of softly-petalled marjoram embower In pleasurable shade.
Cupid straightway Obeyed his mother's word and bore the gifts, ..."
2. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"PARALLELS — WARTON Where high o'er-arching trees embower. Ib. 34. Above th'
embowering shade. Monody, io. Where the Etrurian shades High ovcr-arch'd embower ..."
3. Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton by Thomas Warton, Richard Mant (1802)
"For lo ! the Bard who rapture found In every rural fight or found ; V. 34.
Where high o'er-arching trees embower] Par. ..."
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