embowel
(redirected from embowels)em·bow·el
(ĕm-bou′əl)tr.v. em·bow·eled, em·bow·el·ing, em·bow·els or em·bow·elled or em·bow·el·ling
Archaic To disembowel.
[Obsolete French emboueler, alteration of Old French esbouler : es-, out of (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + Old French boeler (from boel, bouele, entrails; see bowel).]
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embowel
(ɪmˈbaʊəl)vb
1. to bury or embed deeply
2. another word for disembowel
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em•bow•el
(ɛmˈbaʊ əl, -ˈbaʊl)v.t. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling.
1. to disembowel.
2. Obs. to enclose.
[1515–25]
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embowel
Past participle: embowelled
Gerund: embowelling
| Imperative |
|---|
| embowel |
| embowel |
| Present |
|---|
| I embowel |
| you embowel |
| he/she/it embowels |
| we embowel |
| you embowel |
| they embowel |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I embowelled |
| you embowelled |
| he/she/it embowelled |
| we embowelled |
| you embowelled |
| they embowelled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am embowelling |
| you are embowelling |
| he/she/it is embowelling |
| we are embowelling |
| you are embowelling |
| they are embowelling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have embowelled |
| you have embowelled |
| he/she/it has embowelled |
| we have embowelled |
| you have embowelled |
| they have embowelled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was embowelling |
| you were embowelling |
| he/she/it was embowelling |
| we were embowelling |
| you were embowelling |
| they were embowelling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had embowelled |
| you had embowelled |
| he/she/it had embowelled |
| we had embowelled |
| you had embowelled |
| they had embowelled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will embowel |
| you will embowel |
| he/she/it will embowel |
| we will embowel |
| you will embowel |
| they will embowel |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have embowelled |
| you will have embowelled |
| he/she/it will have embowelled |
| we will have embowelled |
| you will have embowelled |
| they will have embowelled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be embowelling |
| you will be embowelling |
| he/she/it will be embowelling |
| we will be embowelling |
| you will be embowelling |
| they will be embowelling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been embowelling |
| you have been embowelling |
| he/she/it has been embowelling |
| we have been embowelling |
| you have been embowelling |
| they have been embowelling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been embowelling |
| you will have been embowelling |
| he/she/it will have been embowelling |
| we will have been embowelling |
| you will have been embowelling |
| they will have been embowelling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been embowelling |
| you had been embowelling |
| he/she/it had been embowelling |
| we had been embowelling |
| you had been embowelling |
| they had been embowelling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would embowel |
| you would embowel |
| he/she/it would embowel |
| we would embowel |
| you would embowel |
| they would embowel |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have embowelled |
| you would have embowelled |
| he/she/it would have embowelled |
| we would have embowelled |
| you would have embowelled |
| they would have embowelled |
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