Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
embrown .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan.
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- verb Archaic form of
embrown .
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Examples
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Or where cool shades imbrown the noon-tide bow'rs,
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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The leaves are indeed falling thick around us; they st row the brooks in Vallom - brosa, and imbrown the heights of Holwood.
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