To enclose or confine something within a box or boxlike container.
From em- (prefix meaning 'in' or 'into') + box. The prefix em- comes from Old English and Latin in-, while box likely derives from Greek pyxis. The combination emerged in Middle English to describe the action of placing items into containment.
This word reveals how English builds verbs by adding prefixes to nouns—you see the same pattern in 'empower,' 'embed,' and 'enlarge.' It's a super efficient way languages create new words without inventing completely new roots.
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