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embrawned

embrawned is the simple past and past participle of embrawn.

Meaning of embrawn

Verb

embrawn (third-person singular simple present embrawns, present participle embrawning, simple past and past participle embrawned)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) brawny.
    • Embravvne your ſoft-skind encloſure vvith Adamantine duſt, that it may dravve nothing but ſteele vnto it.1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 34, recto

Questions about embrawned

What is embrawned the simple past and past participle of?
Embrawned is the simple past and past participle of embrawn.

Words near embrawned in the dictionary

  1. embrave
  2. embraved
  3. embraves
  4. embraving
  5. embrawn
  6. embrawned
  7. embrawning
  8. embrawns
  9. embrazure
  10. embrazures
  11. embread

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