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Emboss(money)
emboss(1)(dictionary)
emboss(2)(dictionary)
emboss(dictionary)

emboss(2) (iou)



emboss verb1. Also imboss. LME.
[from Old French base of French imbocer, embosser, formed as EM-1 + boce (mod. bosse) BOSS noun1.]
I. verb trans.
Cause to bulge or swell out; cover with protuberances. LME.
Southey Its fretted roots Embossed the bank.
b. fig. Foll. by out: inflate (style, language). M16-M17.
Carve, mould, or decorate with figures in relief; (of figures) stand out as ornaments upon. Also, represent (a subject) in relief. LME.
R. Sutcliff Look at the pattern embossed here on your dagger-sheath. V. Austin The work is held face down..and embossed with domed punches.
Ornament (as) with bosses; decorate sumptuously. L16.
W. Cowper Studs..emboss his iron door. W. S. Landor Did we not..Emboss our bosoms with the daffodils.
II. verb intrans.
Bulge, be convex. rare. LME-L16.
embosser noun E17.
embossing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) embossed ornamentation or lettering; (c) a swelling, a protuberance: LME.