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embrawning

embrawning is the present participle and gerund 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 embrawning

What is embrawning the present participle and gerund of?
Embrawning is the present participle and gerund of embrawn.

Words near embrawning in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: embrawning (page history and authors); embrawn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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