Meanings
verbemball (third-person singular simple present emballs, present participle emballing, simple past and past participle emballed)
present singular third person emballs · participle present emballing · participle past emballed · past emballed
- obsoleteTo encircle, embrace, or surround
Thou spheare, within whose bosom play The rest that earth emball.
1580, Philip Sidney, Psalms of Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke1 more example
In faith, for little England / You'd venture an emballing: / I myself would for Carnarvonshire.
1601, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with emball
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APA
emball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emball
MLA
“emball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emball. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emball.
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