embe

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding. ] [ Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed. ] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt; stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- fixed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as, confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded subordinate clause. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embellished p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing. ] [ OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty. ] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embellishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embellissement. ] 1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments. [ 1913 Webster ]

The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run. ] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [ A. D. 1095 ] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. &unr_;myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke. ] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. “He rakes hot embers.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke. [ 1913 Webster ]