embowel Meaning, Definition & Usage

Em*bow"el transitive verb

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Emboweled or Embowelled; present participle & verbal noun Emboweling or Embowelling

Definitions

1. To disembowel.

   The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam.

   The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.

   ✍ Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.
2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.

   Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.