embrothel

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verb

To inclose or harbour in a brothel.

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Meanings

verbembrothel (third-person singular simple present embrothels, present participle (US) embrotheling or (UK) embrothelling, simple past and past participle (US) embrotheled or (UK) embrothelled)

present singular third person embrothels · US participle present embrotheling · UK participle present embrothelling · US participle past embrotheled · US past embrotheled · UK participle past embrothelled · UK past embrothelled

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo inclose or harbour in a brothel.

    Men, which chuse Law practice for mere gain, boldly repute, Worse than imbrothel'd strumpets prostitute.

    a. 1631, John Donne, Satyre II

Origin

From em- + brothel.

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APA

embrothel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrothel

MLA

“embrothel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrothel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embrothel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embrothel.

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