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Definition of Imbalm
1. v. t. See Embalm.
Definition of Imbalm
1. Verb. (archaic form of embalm) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imbalm
1. to embalm [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: embalm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbalm
Literary usage of Imbalm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Spelt imbalm in Cotgrave. ME bäumen (without the prefix), ... OF embaumer, 'to
imbalm;' Cot. — OF «m- = «i- = Lat. in ; and baume, balm. See Balm. ..."
2. The Birmingham Free Libraries, the Shakespere Memorial Library, and the Art by John Alfred Langford (1871)
"Many a man lives a burden to the Earth; but a good Booke is the pretious life-blood
of a master-spirit, imbalm'd and treasured up on purpose to a life ..."
3. Paradise Lost by John Milton, Egerton Brydges (1851)
"... imbalm'd With odours; there ye shall be fed and fill'd Immeasurably ; all
things shall be your prey. He ceased, for both seem'd highly pleased, ..."
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