Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bathe. Also written
imbathe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To bathe; to imbathe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic To
bathe .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
em- + bathe. Compare imbathe.
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Examples
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Thou bendest o'er his forehead e'en as a lily, brimming with clear dews, that stoops in beauteous sorrow to embathe its neighbouring bud.
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