imbow

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A form of embow — To bend like a bow; to curve.

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Meanings

verbimbow (third-person singular simple present imbows, present participle imbowing, simple past and past participle imbowed)

present singular third person imbows · participle present imbowing · participle past imbowed · past imbowed

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of embow.

    imbowed windows

    1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Building”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

Origin

From im- + bow.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Wimbo
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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