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    [Verb]  | "em*boss" | \ im-ˈbäs \


    1: to raise the surface of into bosses; especially : to ornament with raised work

    2: to raise in relief from a surface

    3: adorn, embellish


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English embosen, from Middle French embocer, from en- + boce boss;

    [Verb]  | "emboss" 


    1: to drive (a hunted animal) to bay or to exhaustion


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English embosen to become exhausted from being hunted, ultimately from Anglo-French bois woods;

    [Verb]  | "emboss" 


    1: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming;


      * e.g., " ... the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship "





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