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Webster 1913 Edition


Emboil

Em-boil′

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Verb.
I.
To boil with anger; to effervesce.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Em-boil′

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Definition 2024


emboil

emboil

English

Verb

emboil (third-person singular simple present emboils, present participle emboiling, simple past and past participle emboiled)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To boil with anger; to effervesce.
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  2. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
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