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emboscata
‖ emboˈscata (pseudo-arch.), incorrect spelling of (It.) imboscata, ambuscade.1820 Scott Monast. xxi, Have you purpose to set upon me here as in an emboscata?
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imboscata
‖ imboscata Obs. (imboˈskata) Also em-. [It.] = ambush, q.v.1595 Saviolo Practice i. i, To drawe the enemy either into some imboscata or place of aduantage. 1820 Scott Monast. xxi, To set upon me here as in an emboscata.
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ambush
▪ I. ambush, n. (ˈæmbʊʃ) Forms: 5–6 enbusshe, embushe, 6– ambush. Occas. weakened in 4– to abush, 'bush. [a. OFr. embusche, f. vb. embuscher: see ambush v. Nearly equivalent words from the pa. pple. of Fr., Sp., It., are enbuschy, ambuscado, ambuscade, emboscata, imboscata. The change from em- to am...
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