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Definition of Embrue
1. v. t. See Imbrue, Embrew.
Definition of Embrue
1. Verb. Variant of imbrue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embrue
1. to imbrue [v -BRUED, -BRUING, -BRUES] - See also: imbrue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embrue
Literary usage of Embrue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus, Thomas Gordon (1770)
"... they dare to embrue their *' hands in the blood of their Tribunes and Cen- "
turions F (hall they be allowed to ..."
2. Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society by New Jersey Historical Society (1858)
"Hamilton put Morris into Commission of his Council.—Morris said, he will make
the People submit to Col. Hamilton's Government or he will embrue the Province ..."
3. An Analytical Index to the Colonial Documents of New Jersey, in the State by Henry Stevens, William Adee Whitehead (1858)
"Hamilton's Government or he will embrue the Province in blood—The Sheriff was
beaten while on his way to arrest Salter and others—Col. ..."
4. The History of the Life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden: Surnamed the by Walter Harte (1759)
"... who would embrue their hands in their general's Hood, * M. de Voltaire, ...
and would •" never embrue his hands in the blood of a per- " fon, ..."
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