embale

English

Etymology

French emballer. See bale.

Verb

embale (third-person singular simple present embales, present participle embaling, simple past and past participle embaled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make up into a bale or pack.

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2. (obsolete, transitive) To bind up; to enclose.
   • Spenser

     Legs […] embaled in golden buskins.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Spanish

Verb

embale (infinitive embalar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of embalar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of embalar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of embalar.