imbower
imbower is the archaic form of embower.
Meaning of embower
Verb
embower (third-person singular simple present embowers, present participle embowering, simple past and past participle embowered)
- To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
- Her hand he seis’d, and to a shadie bank,
Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowr’d1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Her hand he seis’d, and to a shadie bank,
- To lodge or rest in or as in a bower.
- But the small birds in their wide boughs embowring / Chaunted their sundrie tunes with sweete consent;
- To form a bower.
- Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks
In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades
High overarch't imbowr; or scattered sedge
Afloat1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks
Forms of imbower
| third-person singular present | imbowers |
|---|---|
| present participle | imbowering |
| past participle | imbowered |
| past | imbowered |
Origin of imbower
From im- + bower.
Questions about imbower
- What is imbower the archaic form of?
- Imbower is the archaic form of embower.
Words near imbower in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: imbower (page history and authors); embower (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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