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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Embossed \Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.
     1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] ``An embossed carbuncle.''
        --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed (?;
     115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) +
     boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
     1. To raise the surface of into bosses or protuberances;
        particularly, to ornament with raised work.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head
        on a coin, or the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed
              Androgeo's death.                     --Dryden.
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              Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed
              upon a purple ground.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Embossed \Em*bossed"\ (?; 115), a.
     1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
  
     2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
  
     3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] ``An embossed carbuncle.''
        --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Emboss \Em*boss"\ (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed (?;
     115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) +
     boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
     1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances;
        particularly, to ornament with raised work.
  
              Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head
        on a coin, or the like.
  
              Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's
              death.                                --Dryden.
  
              Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed
              upon a purple ground.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  embossed
       adj : embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or
             embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin";
             "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised
             metalwork" [syn: brocaded, raised]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  embossed
     a.
     With raised letters or images on the surface.
     vb.
     (infl of en emboss  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  embossed
     a.
     With raised letters or images on the surface.
     vb.
     (infl of en emboss  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  embossed
     a.
     With raised letters or images on the surface.
     vb.
     (infl of en emboss  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  embossed
     a.
     With raised letters or images on the surface.
     vb.
     (infl of en emboss  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  embossed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm e mboss ed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/
  منقوش

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/ 
  vypouklý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/ 
  vystupující

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/
  erhaben 
     Synonym: raised
  
   see: raised font, embossed font
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/
  geprägt, gestanzt
   see: emboss, embossing
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/ 
  koho

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/
  reljefan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/
  1. dombornyomásos
  2. dagadt
  3. domborított
  4. kipúposodott

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  embossed /ɪmˈbɒst/ 
    tłoczony

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  embossed /ɛmbˈɒst/
  reliefat

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪmˈbɔst/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "embossed":
     anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anastatic, bold, bossed, bossy, carved,
     ceroplastic, chased, confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven,
     deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated,
     deep-set, deep-settled, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, engrafted,
     engraved, engraven, entrenched, established, etched,
     firmly established, glyphic, glyptic, graven, hammered, implanted,
     impressed, imprinted, in relief, indelibly impressed, infixed,
     ingrained, ingrown, inveterate, inwrought, long-established,
     modeled, molded, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, raised, rooted,
     sculpted, sculptile, sculptured, set, settled, stabilized,
     toreutic, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded,
     well-set, well-settled
  
  

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