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embowing

embowing is the present participle and gerund of embow.

Meaning of embow

Verb

embow (third-person singular simple present embows, present participle embowing, simple past and past participle embowed)

  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To bend like a bow; to curve.
    • embowed arches1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees...

Questions about embowing

What is embowing the present participle and gerund of?
Embowing is the present participle and gerund of embow.

Words near embowing in the dictionary

  1. embowered
  2. embowering
  3. embowerment
  4. embowerments
  5. embowers
  6. embowing
  7. embowl
  8. embowled
  9. embowling
  10. embowls
  11. embowment

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