Meaning of impearl | Babel Free
Definitions
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To form into pearls, or make pearly. poetic, transitive
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To decorate as if with pearls. poetic, transitive
Equivalents
Français
emperler
Examples
“Virgins of equall birth, [...] / Shall draw thy picture, and record thy life; / One ſhall enſphere thine eyes, another ſhall / Impearl thy teeth[,] a third thy white and ſmall / Hand ſhall beſnow, a fourth incarnadine / Thy roſie cheek, [...]”
“Or Starrs of Morning, Dew-Drops, which the Sun / Impearls on every leaf and every flouer.”
“The Devvs of the Morning impearl every Thorn, and ſcatter Diamonds on the verdant Mantle of the Earth.”
“Then I, long tried / By natural ills, received the comfort fast, / While budding at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff / Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled.”
“On life's long round by chance I found / A dell impearled with dew, / Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, / Lent to the earth heaven's native hue / Of holy blue.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.