embower

American  

[em-bou-er] / ɛmˈbaʊ ər /

Also imbower

verb (used with or without object)

1. to shelter in or as in a bower; bow; cover or surround with foliage.

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embower British  

/ ɪmˈbaʊə /

verb

1. archaic (tr) to enclose in or as in a bower

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Other Word Forms

• unembowered adjective

Etymology

Origin of embower

First recorded in 1570–80; em- ¹ + bower ¹

Example Sentences

I will see that he naturally falls in with Prof. Alaric Hobbs, and then, 'fond of seclusion,' I will embower my 'Asiatic Lion' not a league from the 'Banker's Folly.'

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

This accounts for the wealth of roses which embower the trees and houses.

From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by Knowles, J. Harris (John Harris)

Balsam and hemlock and fir stand in groves along the busy thoroughfare, and garlands of green embower mission and dive impartially.

From Children of the Tenements by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)

Juniper and tamarack and fir stand in groves along the busy thoroughfare, and garlands of green embower mission and dive impartially.

From Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

First, the water-works tower rises above the mass of trees which embower the settlement.

From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold