emboitement (anbwatman)

[Fr. the position of one box within another.] 1. Mil.: The closing up of a number of men in order to secure the front rank from injury. 2. Phys.: The doctrine ventilated by Buffon, that generation is to be accounted for by living germs lying one within the other, which, on becoming detached, produce new existences. *em-bold, *em-bolde, *en-bold, v. t . [Pref. em, and Eng. bold (q. v.).] To embolden. "But now we dare not show ourselfe in place He is embold to dwel in company There as our hert would loue right faithfully." Chaucer: Court of Love.