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Definition of Imbrown
1. v. t. To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure.
Definition of Imbrown
1. Verb. (archaic form of embrown) ¹
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Definition of Imbrown
1. to embrown [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: embrown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbrown
Literary usage of Imbrown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Seasons by James Thomson (1744)
"BUT fee the fading many-colour'd Woods, 960 Shade deepening over Shade, the
Country round imbrown; a crouded Umbrage, ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... imbrown'd with dust a beaten pathway shews Where 'midst umbrageous palms the
fountain flows; From thence at will they bear the liquid health; ..."
3. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"6oo APPENDIX A Where a tall citron's shade imbrown'd The soft lap of the fragrant
ground. Where the unpierced shade imbrown'd the noon-tide bowers. ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1806)
"C. 2, I. 4 Now was the day departing, and the'air v imbrown'd with shadows, ...
All animals on earth/ imbrown'd the noontide bowers.' PL b. 4, 24i. .__ '• . ..."
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