Definition of Entombs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of entomb) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Entombs

1. entomb [v] - See also: entomb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entombs

entoderms
entoectad
entogastric
entogenous
entoglossal
entognath
entoil
entoiled
entoiling
entoils
entomb
entombed
entombing
entombment
entombments
entombs (current term)
entomere
entomeres
entomic
entomical
entomion
entomo-
entomobirnavirus
entomofauna
entomofaunae
entomofaunas
entomogenous
entomoid
entomolin
entomolite

Literary usage of Entombs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"... in crescentic zones on the seaward side of the coarser material, and entombs such of the vegetable matter as may have become water-logged at that part. ..."

2. Dictionary of Quotations (English) by Philip Hugh Dalbiac (1908)
"DAN CHAUCER—DEATH BUT entombs. " Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, ... The Minor (Sir George), Act I., Sc. I. " Death but entombs the body; life the soul. ..."

3. An English Grammar: For Use in High and Normal Schools and in Colleges by Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup (1914)
"Death but entombs the body; fife, [entombs] the soul. 5. They not only forgave but [they] applauded him.—MACAULAY. —YOUNG, Night Thoughts iii. 458. 7. ..."

4. Rand-McNally Primary Grammar and Composition: Principles and Definitions by by William D. Hall (1897)
"Death entombs the body; life entombs the soul. 30. Affronts are harmless where men are worthless. 31. A blow with a word is deeper than (is) a blow with a ..."

5. Life and Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine, Daniel Edwin Wheeler (1908)
"But there is a necromancy in wretchedness that entombs the mind, and increases the misery, by shutting out every ray of light and hope. ..."

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