embale

See also: embalé

English

Etymology

From French emballer. See bale.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make up into a bale or pack.

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2. (obsolete, transitive) To bind up; to enclose.
   • Edmund Spenser

     legs […] embaled in golden buskins

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “embale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Ambele

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Portuguese

Verb

embale

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈbale/ [ẽmˈba.le]

Verb

embale

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of embalar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of embalar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of embalar.