"embush" meaning in English

See embush in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: embushes [present, singular, third-person], embushing [participle, present], embushed [participle, past], embushed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English embushen, enbusshen, enbuschen, from Old French embuissier, enbuschier. Compare ambush, imbosk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|embushen}} Middle English embushen, {{der|en|fro|embuissier}} Old French embuissier Head templates: {{en-verb}} embush (third-person singular simple present embushes, present participle embushing, simple past and past participle embushed)
  1. (obsolete) To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-embush-en-verb-3Aj4t8rr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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