† inˈumbrate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. inumbrāre, f. in- (in-2) + umbrāre to shade, f. umbra shade, shadow.]
trans. To cast a shadow upon; to shade; to overshadow, put in the shade.
| 1623 Cockeram, Inumbrate, to cast a shadow. 1762 tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 43 The shores are bordered with charming walks and alleys, inumbrated with interlaced vine branches. 1802 J. Jamieson Use Sacr. Hist. I. ii. 441 How much more delightful to be inumbrated by the glory of the Lord. 1822 T. Taylor Apuleius 251 Her private parts were inumbrated by a thin silken garment. |
Hence † inumˈbration, overshadowing, shading.
| 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1172 The obstruction and inumbration [in an eclipse] beginneth on that side on which that commeth first that maketh the said inumbration. 1658 Phillips, Inumbration, a casting a shadow upon. |