emparadise
emparadise is the alternative form of imparadise.
Meaning of imparadise
Verb
imparadise (third-person singular simple present imparadises, present participle imparadising, simple past and past participle imparadised)
- To place in paradise; to put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.
- Then, as all my soules bee,
Emparadis’d in you, (in whom alone
I understand, and grow and see,)
The rafters of my body, bone
Being still with you, the Muscle, Sinew, and Veine,
Which tile this house, will come againe.1599, John Donne, “A Valediction of my name, in the window”, in Poems, London: John Marriott, published 1633, stanza 5, p. 215
- Then, as all my soules bee,
- To transform into a paradise.
- […] the narrownesse of the coach made them ioine from the foote to the shoulders very close together; the truer touch wherof though it were barred by their enuious apparell, yet as a perfect Magnes, though put in an iuorie boxe, will thorow the boxe send forth his imbraced vertue to a beloued...a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
Forms of emparadise
| third-person singular present | emparadises |
|---|---|
| present participle | emparadising |
| past participle | emparadised |
| past | emparadised |
Questions about emparadise
- What is emparadise the alternative form of?
- Emparadise is the alternative form of imparadise.
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