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Embank

Em-bank′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Embanked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Embanking
.]
[Pref.
em-
+
bank
. Cf.
Imbank
.]
To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

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embank

embank

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Verb

embank (third-person singular simple present embanks, present participle embanking, simple past and past participle embanked)

  1. to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone

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