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Imbed   /ɪmbˈɛd/   Listen
Imbed

verb
(past & past part. imbedded; pres. part. imbedding)
1.
Fix or set securely or deeply.  Synonyms: embed, engraft, implant, plant.  "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"






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"Imbed" Quotes from Famous Books



... of bolting, and one which insures a neat appearance of the branch in addition to serving as the most certain safeguard against the entrance of disease, is to counter-sink the nut in the bark and imbed it in portland cement. The hole for the sinking of the nut and washer is thickly coated with lead paint and then with a layer of cement, on which are placed the nut and washer, both of which are then imbedded in cement. If the outer surface of the nut be ...
— Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey

... usual interest. It seems that some workmen, excavating for a building, came across the ruins of a nineteenth century city. In a cavity in a stone they found some coins of that period, also a number of newspapers. It was a common practice in those days to imbed such things in the corner stones of buildings. Extracts from those papers are reproduced here, and they are of interest to the children of today in showing the condition of the world when under the influence of that fallen spirit ...
— Added Upon - A Story • Nephi Anderson



Words linked to "Imbed" :   embed, insert, engraft, infix, enter, pot, implant, nest, bury, introduce, plant, sink



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