To enclose or shelter within a bower (a shady place under trees or vines); to cover with foliage.
From 'em-' (to put into) + 'bower' (shaded recess), from Old English 'bur' (dwelling), from Germanic roots. A bower was originally a bedroom or private chamber, later meaning a garden shelter.
In Shakespeare's plays, lovers meeting in embowered gardens became a romantic trope—the idea that nature itself creates private, secret spaces for intimate moments.
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