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em·boss    Audio Help   (ěm-bôs', -bŏs')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es
  1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin.
  2. To decorate with or as if with a raised design: emboss leather.
  3. To adorn; decorate.
  4. To cover with many protuberances; stud: "The whole buoy was embossed with barnacles" (Herman Melville).


[Middle English embosen, from Old French embocer : en-, in; see en-1 + boce, knob.]

em·boss'er n.
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