embossed

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

embossed

  1. simple past and past participle of emboss

Adjective

embossed (comparative more embossed, superlative most embossed)

  1. With raised letters or images on the surface.
    Synonym: empaestic
  2. (obsolete) Foaming at the mouth.
    • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Induction, scene 1:
      Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds;/Broch Merriman, the poor cur is emboss'd;/And couple Clowder with the deep-mouth'd brach.

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