An archaic term meaning to bathe or immerse something in liquid, especially in a bath or stream.
From Old English em- (in) + bathe, related to Old Norse bað (bath). This word combines the prefix em- with the root for bathing, creating a more emphatic sense of immersion.
This lovely archaic word captures something modern English has lost—the poetic intensity of being completely submerged in water, which shows how languages evolve to drop the most specific or redundant words.
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