impearl

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ pearl.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Verb

impearl (third-person singular simple present impearls, present participle impearling, simple past and past participle impearled)

1. (poetic, transitive) To form into pearls, or make pearly.
   • Milton

     dewdrops which the sun impearls on every leaf and every flower

2. (poetic, transitive) To decorate as if with pearls.
   • Elizabeth Barrett Browning

     With morning dews impearled.

   • R. Digby

     The dews of the morning impearl every thorn.

Translations

decorate with pearls

• French: emperler (fr)
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “impearl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Palmeri, impaler, lempira, palmier, premial