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emboss (v.)
"to ornament with raised work," late 14c., from Old French
*embocer
(compare
embocieure
"boss, stud, buckle"), from assimilated form of
en-
"in, into" (see
en-
(1)) +
boce
"knoblike mass" (see
boss
(n.2)). Related:
Embossed
;
embossing
.
