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impearled

impearled is the simple past and past participle of impearl.

Meaning of impearl

Verb

impearl (third-person singular simple present impearls, present participle impearling, simple past and past participle impearled)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To form into pearls, or make pearly.
    • Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]1640 (first publication), Thomas Carew, “Obsequies to the Lady Anne Hay”, in Poems, with a Maske, […], 3rd edition, London: […] H[umphrey] M[oseley] and are to be sold by J[ohn] Martin, […]...
  2. (poetic, transitive) To decorate as if with pearls.
    • The Devvs of the Morning impearl every Thorn, and ſcatter Diamonds on the verdant Mantle of the Earth.1722 October 20 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Alexander Pope, “To the Same [Letter to the Honourable Robert Digby, from Mr. Pope]”, in Mr Pope’s Literary Correspondence for Thirty Years; from...

Questions about impearled

What is impearled the simple past and past participle of?
Impearled is the simple past and past participle of impearl.

Words near impearled in the dictionary

  1. impearce
  2. impearced
  3. impearces
  4. impearcing
  5. impearl
  6. impearled
  7. impearling
  8. impearls
  9. impeccabilities
  10. impeccability
  11. impeccable

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