<h1>Embody</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*bod"y</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>imbody</asp>.]</altsp>
<blockquote>Firmly to <b>embody</b> against this court party. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Embogue</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*bogue"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Disembogue</er>.]</ety> <def>To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Emboguing</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*bo"guing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Emboil</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*boil"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To boil with anger; to effervesce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Emboil</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*boil"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Embo\'8ctement</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em`bo\'8cte"ment`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>embo\'8cter</ets> to fit in, insert; <ets>en</ets> in + <ets>bo\'8cte</ets> box.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre\'89xisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.</def>
<i>Buffon.</i>
<h1>Embolden</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*bold"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emboldened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emboldening</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To give boldness or courage to; to encourage.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<blockquote>The self-conceit which <b>emboldened</b> him to undertake this dangerous office. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Emboldener</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*bold"en*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who emboldens.</def>
<h1>Embolic</h1> <Xpage=483>
<hw>Em*bol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to throw in. See <er>Embolism</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Embolismic.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; <as>as, an <ex>embolic</ex> abscess</as>.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under <er>Invagination</er>.</def>
<h1>Embolism</h1> <Xpage=483>
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