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Definition: EMBAYING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb embay.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(embay)
1. To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.[Websters].
2. To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: embaying, embayed, embays, embayer, embayers, embayingly and embayedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Embaying" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EMBAYING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb embay.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(embay)
1. To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.[Websters].
2. To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: embaying, embayed, embays, embayer, embayers, embayingly and embayedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "EMBAYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: embay

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] To inclose in a bay or inlet; to land-lock; to inclose between capes or promontories.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary1: [Verb] (obsolete) To bathe, soothe or lull. (references)
 2: [Verb] To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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