Meanings
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verb
to shelter or enclose in or as if in a bower of foliage
Old lime trees embower the garden gate in dense green leaves.
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Etymology
Formed from em-, a variant of en- meaning 'in or within,' + bower, 'a leafy shelter.' Bower descends from Old English bur, 'dwelling or chamber,' related to Old Norse bur and German Bauer.