embayed

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

embayed

  1. simple past and past participle of embay

Adjective

embayed (comparative more embayed, superlative most embayed)

  1. Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured.
    • 1661, John Donne, Elegie XVIII:
      Yet ere thou be where thou would'st be embay'd, / Thou shalt upon another Forest set [...].
  2. Of water: formed into a bay or bays.

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