imbosk

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verb

To hide or conceal oneself

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Meanings

verbimbosk (third-person singular simple present imbosks, present participle imbosking, simple past and past participle imbosked)

present singular third person imbosks · participle present imbosking · participle past imbosked · past imbosked

  1. obsoleteTo hide or conceal oneself

    I turned to imbosk myself

    1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC

Origin

From in- (“in”) + bosk (“thicket, small wood”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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