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embrothel

embrothel verb: to inclose or harbour in a brothel.

Verb

embrothel (third-person singular simple present embrothels, present participle (US) embrotheling or (UK) embrothelling, simple past and past participle (US) embrotheled or (UK) embrothelled)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To inclose or harbour in a brothel.
    • Men, which chuse Law practice for mere gain, boldly repute, Worse than imbrothel'd strumpets prostitute.a. 1631, John Donne, Satyre II

Forms of embrothel

third-person singular presentembrothels
present participle USembrotheling
present participle UKembrothelling
past participle USembrotheled
past USembrotheled
past participle UKembrothelled
past UKembrothelled

Origin of embrothel

From em- + brothel.

Questions about embrothel

What does embrothel mean?
Embrothel means to inclose or harbour in a brothel.
What part of speech is embrothel?
Embrothel is a verb.
What is the past tense of embrothel?
The past tense of embrothel is embrotheled.

Words near embrothel in the dictionary

  1. embroils
  2. embronze
  3. embronzed
  4. embronzes
  5. embronzing
  6. embrothel
  7. embrothels
  8. embrown
  9. embrowned
  10. embrownedst
  11. embrownest

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