embathe

embathe

(ɪmˈbeɪð)
vb (tr)
poetic to bathe with water
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Judith Hawley and Kathleen Rogers both note the somatic links between the pink of human flesh and the rose's blush or the veined iris (3-4), as well as the teary dew that "embathes" the "golden eyes" of flower buds (2).
Linnaeus, analogy, and taxonomy: botanical naming and categorization in Erasmus Darwin and Charlotte Smith

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