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embows

embows is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 embows

What is embows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Embows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of embow.

Words near embows in the dictionary

  1. embowled
  2. embowling
  3. embowls
  4. embowment
  5. embowments
  6. embows
  7. embox
  8. emboxed
  9. emboxes
  10. emboxing
  11. emboîtement

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