I. ə̇mˈbäs, em-, -bȯs transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English embosen to become exhausted from being hunted, perhaps from en- (I) + Middle French bos, bois forest, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German busc bush — more at bush
1. obsolete : to drive (as a hunted animal) to bay or to exhaustion
2. obsolete : to cause (as an animal) to foam at the mouth with exhaustion or sometimes with rage or other emotion
3. archaic : to cover or spatter with foam
II. transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English embosen, from Middle French embocer, from em- en- (I) + boce boss — more at boss (protuberance)
1. obsolete : to cause to swell or protrude : inflate
2.
a. : to raise in relief from a surface (as an ornament, a head on a coin, or a device on a letterhead) either by carving or handiwork or now more commonly by mechanical means (as by embossing dies) — opposed to deboss
b. : to raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances especially by pressure against a steel die roller cut or engraved with a pattern
c. : to mark (a postage stamp) with a grill
3. : to adorn (as leather or metal) with raised work
4.
a. : to produce (as braille characters or a notary's seal) in relief usually by stamping on paper or other impressionable surface
b. : to record (sounds) on a disc record by pushing material to either side without actually removing the material from the disc
III. transitive verb
Etymology: origin unknown
obsolete : enclose , ensheathe