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EMBOWEL
Etymology
Verb
embowel (third-person singular simple present embowels, present participle embowelling or emboweling, simple past and past participle embowelled or emboweled)
(obsolete) To enclose or bury.
To remove the bowels; disembowel.
Synonyms
• (enclose): enclose, bury, embed, inclose
• (remove the bowels): disembowel, eviscerate
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]
1. To disembowel. The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.
Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.
2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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