different between emboss vs deboss

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?b?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?b?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English embossen, embosen, embocen, from Old French embocer, equivalent to em- +? boss (“a lump; bump; protuberance”).

Verb

emboss (third-person singular simple present embosses, present participle embossing, simple past and past participle embossed)

1. (transitive) To mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol.

   The papers weren't official until the seal had been embossed on them.

2. (transitive) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, etc.

   • Then o'er the lofty gate his art emboss'd / Androgeo's death.
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Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps from em- +? Old French bos, bois (“wood”). Compare imbosk.

Verb

emboss (third-person singular simple present embosses, present participle embossing, simple past and past participle embossed)

1. (obsolete) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a wood or forest.
2. (obsolete) To drive (an animal) to extremity; to exhaust, to make foam at the mouth.
3. (obsolete) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to enclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
4. (obsolete) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

Anagrams

• besoms

English

Etymology

de- +? boss

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??b?s/

Verb

deboss (third-person singular simple present debosses, present participle debossing, simple past and past participle debossed)

1. (transitive) To mark or decorate with an indented design or symbol.

Related terms

• emboss

Anagrams

• bossed