单词 | embarren |
释义 | † embarrenv. Obsolete or archaic. transitive. To make or render barren, unfertile, unproductive. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > make wild or uncultivated [verb (transitive)] > make barren or desert barren1581 embarren1628 barrenize1652 sterilize1695 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [verb (transitive)] > render infertile barren1581 pill1594 disfertile1606 peel1610 embarren1628 unfructify1628 barrenize1652 mine1937 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xviii. sig. L4 Like salt marshes, that lye low;..[the poor] are..imbarren'd with a fretting care. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Glouc. 349 The most generous and vigorous land, will in time be imbarrened. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 197 The Ashes from..Vesuvius..embarren all the fields about it. 1807 Salmagundi 31 Dec. 403 Like to Java's drear waste they embarren the heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < v.1628 |
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