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Embar vs Embay - What's the difference?

embar | embay |

As verbs the difference between embar and embay

is that embar is (archaic) to enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison while embay is to bathe; to steep or embay can be to shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay.

embar

English

Verb

(embarr)
  • (archaic) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
  • (obsolete) To prohibit, debar (someone from doing something).

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    embay

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Verb

    (embay)
  • To bathe; to steep.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , III.11:
  • *:Sweete Love, that doth his golden wings embay / In blessed Nectar and pure Pleasures well.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, lxii:
  • *:Their swords both points and edges sharp embay / In purple blood whereso they hit or light.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (embay)
  • To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay.

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