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

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

Shade trees half embower them and the court-house in their rich foliage.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

Tall trees embower it; and over its porches, and all along its picturesque, irregular front, and on its thatched roof, the woodbine and the ivy climb, and there are wild roses and the maiden's blush.

From Shakespeare's England by Winter, William

With prospering shade embower me, whilst I sing Thy wonders yet unreached by mortal flight.

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart

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)