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emboss

[em-baws, -bos] Origin

em·boss

[em-baws, -bos]
verb (used with object)
1.
to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
2.
to decorate (a surface) with raised ornament.
3.
Metalworking. to raise a design on (a blank) with dies of similar pattern, one the negative of the other. Compare coin (def. 10).
4.
to cause to bulge out; make protuberant.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English embosen < Middle French embocer, equivalent to em- em-1 + boce boss2

em·boss·a·ble, adjective
em·boss·er, noun
em·boss·ment, noun
un·em·bossed, adjective
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emboss (ɪmˈbɒs)
 
vb
1.  to mould or carve (a decoration or design) on (a surface) so that it is raised above the surface in low relief
2.  to cause to bulge; make protrude
 
[C14: from Old French embocer, from em- + boceboss²]
 
em'bosser
 
n
 
em'bossment
 
n

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emboss
late 14c., from O.Fr. embocer, from boce "knoblike mass" (see boss (2)).
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