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verb (used with object)
to embroider.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide(n), browde(n) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid1) + -er6
1400–50; late Middle English, variant of browder, Middle English broide(n), browde(n) (past participle, taken as infinitive of braid1) + -er6
Related forms
broi·der·er, noun
broi·der·y, noun
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| broider (ˈbrɔɪdə) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) an archaic word for embroider | |
| [C15: from Old French brosder, of Germanic origin; see | |
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