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embread

embread verb: to convert into bread.

Verb

embread (third-person singular simple present embreads, present participle embreading, simple past and past participle embreaded)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To convert into bread.
    • But now we must beleue that he cometh downe agayn at the wyll of the prestes, to be inpaned or inbreaded for their bellyes common welthe, lyke as he afore came downe, at the wyll of hys heuenlye father, to be incarnated or infleshed for our vnyuersall sowles helth.1547, John Bale, The First Examinacion of Anne Askewe
    • If christes bodye be in thee bred (as vndoubtedly it is) then it is enbreaded & his bloude enwyued, whych was alway taken for a great heresy, In respect wherof transubstantiacion nedes muste be graunted as ryght true and beleueable.1548, Edmund Gest, A Treatise Againste the Preuee Masse
    Synonyms:
    impanate

Synonyms of embread

Forms of embread

third-person singular presentembreads
present participleembreading
past participleembreaded
pastembreaded

Origin of embread

From em- + bread.

Questions about embread

What does embread mean?
Embread means to convert into bread.
What part of speech is embread?
Embread is a verb.
What is the past tense of embread?
The past tense of embread is embreaded.

Words near embread in the dictionary

  1. embrawned
  2. embrawning
  3. embrawns
  4. embrazure
  5. embrazures
  6. embread
  7. embreaded
  8. embreading
  9. embreads
  10. embreathe
  11. embreathed

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