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embushes

embushes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of embush.

Meaning of embush

Verb

embush (third-person singular simple present embushes, present participle embushing, simple past and past participle embushed)

  1. (obsolete) To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.
    • […]embushing himselfe presently among the bushes and brambles1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about embushes

What is embushes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Embushes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of embush.

Words near embushes in the dictionary

  1. emburthen
  2. Embury
  3. embus
  4. embush
  5. embushed
  6. embushes
  7. embushing
  8. embushment
  9. embushments
  10. embusied
  11. embusies

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