emboss

Emboss is defined as to carve, or to decorate with raised designs.

(verb)

An example of emboss is to engrave a pattern in a wooden table.

See emboss in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to decorate or cover with designs, patterns, etc. raised above the surface
to carve, raise, or print (a design, etc.) so that it is raised above the surface; raise in relief
to embellish; ornament

Origin: ME embocen < OFr embocer: see en- & boss

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See emboss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es

To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin.
To decorate with or as if with a raised design: emboss leather.
To adorn; decorate.
To cover with many protuberances; stud: “The whole buoy was embossed with barnacles” (Herman Melville).

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Origin: Middle English embosen

Origin: , from Old French embocer

Origin: : en-, in; see en-¹

Origin: + boce, knob

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