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To cause (something) to out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
(RQ:Sylvester Du Bartas)
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
(RQ:Southey Roderick)
(senseid) To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) out from a surface.
(RQ:Drayton Poly-Olbion) / No Fiſh in this vvide vvaſte but vvith exceeding coſt / VVas there in Antique vvorke moſt curiouſly imboſt.
(RQ:Evelyn Diary) stone.
(quote-book)|edition=4th|location=London|publisher=(...) J. and J. Knapton,(nb...)|month=January|year=1676|year_published=1732|section=paragraph 22|page=535|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zno1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA535|oclc=1204918860|passage=This may alſo be obſerv'd in the beſt ſort of vvhat the ''Chymiſts'' call ''Regulus Martis Stellatus'', vvhere the Figure of a Star, or a Figure ſomevvhat like that of the Decoction of the Soot lately mentioned, vvill frequently appear imboſt upon the upper Superficies of the ''Regulus''; and ſuch a raiſed Figure I have ſeen on a Maſs of ''Regulus'' made of ''Antimony'' vvithout ''Mars''.
(RQ:Scott Ivanhoe)
(RQ:Hawthorne French and Italian Notebooks), of the Adoration of the Magi, (..) all the magnificence of the three kings, are represented with the vividness of the real thing: a gold sword hilt, for instance, or a pair of gold spurs, being actually embossed on the picture.
To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.
(RQ:Dryden Aeneis)
(RQ:Prescott Ferdinand and Isabella)
To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.

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(RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World) the Tyrant, and King of Epirus|Pyrrhus. The First Lappidaries or Cutters in Precious Stones. And who was the First that had a Case of Rings and Gems in Rome|page=602|passage=The ſaid victorie of ''Pompeius'' vvhich he atchieved over King ''VI Eupator|Mithridates'', ſet mens teeth at Rome a vvatering after pearls and pretious ſtones; like as the conqueſts obtained by ''L. Scipio'' and ''Cn. Manlius'', brought them into love vvith ſilver plate curiouſly enchaſed and emboſſed: (..)
(RQ:Homer Pope et al Odyssey)
(RQ:Gibbon Roman Empire)
(RQ:Macaulay History of England)
(senseid) To decorate (something) with (l); to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.
(RQ:Spenser Shepheardes Calender)
(RQ:Cowper Task)
(RQ:Landor Imaginary Conversations)|pages=18–19|pageref=19|passage=We, Greville, are happy in these parks and forests: we were happy in my close winter-walk of box and laurustinus and mezereon. In our earlier days did we not emboss our bosoms with the crocusses, and shake them almost unto shedding with our transports!
To cause (something) to be prominent or stand out.
(RQ:Burke Regicide Peace)
(RQ:Guardian), although the England manager has surely decided already to recall him for the internationals at the end of the month.
To make (speech, etc.) unduly bombastic or grand.
(RQ:Holinshed Chronicles) thinking by their emboſſed ſpeech to tickle the eares and harts of the yoong princes, (..)
(synonym of)
(RQ:Evelyn Diary)
Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.
(RQ:Milton Samson)
(RQ:Butler Genuine Remains) / Look quickly, leſt the Sight of us / Should cauſe the ſtartled Beaſt t’imboſs.
(senseid) To drive (a hunted animal) to exhaustion by chasing it; to exhaust; hence, to make (a hunted animal) foam at the mouth due to exhaustion from being chased.
(RQ:Skelton Poetical Works)
(RQ:Gascoigne Venerie)
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
(RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes).
(RQ:Drayton Poems) / Thus ſtill I ſhift me from the Princes face, / VVhich hath me novv continually in chaſe.
(RQ:Markham Countrey Contentments)
(RQ:Davenant Gondibert)
(RQ:Otway Caius Marius)
To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.
(RQ:Elyot Governour)
(RQ:Scott Lady of the Lake)
To cause (someone, their heart or soul, etc.) to become extremely fatigued; to exhaust.
(RQ:Warner Albions England)
(RQ:Shakespeare All's Well)
(RQ:Quarles Divine Poems)
Of a person: to foam at the mouth; also , to be furious, to rage.
To enclose or suit (a person) in armour.
To enclose or surround (someone or something).
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)|footer=Referring to a spear being thrust into a person, and so enclosed by his body.
(RQ:Burton Melancholy): “Qui pugnas & rostra petit, præcingitur auro” (literally “He who seeks battles and rostrums ''i.e.'', a political role, is surrounded by gold”).