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Also Inflected form of embed

embedded

em·bed·ded

UK/ɪmˈbɛdɪd/ US/ɛmˈbɛdɪd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass

  • “found pebbles embedded in the silt”
  • “stone containing many embedded fossils”
  • “peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp”
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2.

inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole

  • “confused by the embedded Latin quotations”
  • “an embedded subordinate clause”
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Origin

From embed + -ed.

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