EMBOITEMENT Em`boîte"ment`, n. Etym: [F., fr. emboîter to fit in, insert; en in + boîte box.] (Biol.)
Defn: The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.
EMBOLDEN
Em*bold"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened; p. pr. & vb. n.
Emboldening.]
Defn: To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.
EMBOLDENER
Em*bold"en*er, n.
Defn: One who emboldens.
EMBOLIC
Em*bol"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Embolism.]
1. Embolismic.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.