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em⋅bank

[em-bangk]
–verb (used with object)
to enclose or protect with an embankment.

Origin:
1640–50; em- 1 + bank 1
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em·bank   (ěm-bāngk')   
tr.v.   em·banked, em·bank·ing, em·banks
To confine, support, or protect with an embankment.
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