embow

(ɪmˈbəʊ)

(Architecture) (tr) to design or create (a structure) in the form of an arch or vault

emˈbowed adj

emˈbowment n

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embow

Past participle: embowed
Gerund: embowing

Imperative
embow
embow

Present
I embow
you embow
he/she/it embows
we embow
you embow
they embow

Preterite
I embowed
you embowed
he/she/it embowed
we embowed
you embowed
they embowed

Present Continuous
I am embowing
you are embowing
he/she/it is embowing
we are embowing
you are embowing
they are embowing

Present Perfect
I have embowed
you have embowed
he/she/it has embowed
we have embowed
you have embowed
they have embowed

Past Continuous
I was embowing
you were embowing
he/she/it was embowing
we were embowing
you were embowing
they were embowing

Past Perfect
I had embowed
you had embowed
he/she/it had embowed
we had embowed
you had embowed
they had embowed

Future
I will embow
you will embow
he/she/it will embow
we will embow
you will embow
they will embow

Future Perfect
I will have embowed
you will have embowed
he/she/it will have embowed
we will have embowed
you will have embowed
they will have embowed

Future Continuous
I will be embowing
you will be embowing
he/she/it will be embowing
we will be embowing
you will be embowing
they will be embowing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been embowing
you have been embowing
he/she/it has been embowing
we have been embowing
you have been embowing
they have been embowing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been embowing
you will have been embowing
he/she/it will have been embowing
we will have been embowing
you will have been embowing
they will have been embowing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been embowing
you had been embowing
he/she/it had been embowing
we had been embowing
you had been embowing
they had been embowing

Conditional
I would embow
you would embow
he/she/it would embow
we would embow
you would embow
they would embow

Past Conditional
I would have embowed
you would have embowed
he/she/it would have embowed
we would have embowed
you would have embowed
they would have embowed

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References in classic literature

At the other end, though partly muffled by a curtain, it was more powerfully illuminated by one of those embowed hall windows which we read of in old books, and which was provided with a deep and cushion seat.

View in context

It proved its mettle during the SG2/NATO group's Embow trials in Cazaux (France) in September 2011 and other international test campaigns in 2012.

Transport aircraft self-protection

The results of the Embow 9 tests (see "Embow 9 Trials in France," JED, August 2002, p.

Protecting Europe's new airmobile team: an EW specialist at French Army Light Aviation (ALAT) outlines the Tiger and NH90 self-protection program. (Programs)

The Embow electronic-warfare trials have been organized on a regular basis since 1983.

Embow 9 trials in France