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embrown

emb·rown

UK/ɪmˈbɹaʊn/ US/ɛm-/ uncommon literary

verb

1.

burst inward

  • “The bottle imploded”
2.

Origin

PIE word *h₁én From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective). Cognates * French embrunir * Italian imbrunire

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