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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of embay form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured.

   "Yet ere thou be where thou would'st be embay'd, / Thou shalt upon another Forest set [...]."

2. 2
   Of water: formed into a bay or bays.

Synonyms

All synonyms

estuarinetidewater

Example

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"Yet ere thou be where thou would'st be embay'd, / Thou shalt upon another Forest set [...]."

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