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English

/ɪmˈbɛd/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
  • (transitive) To include in surrounding matter.
  • (transitive) To encapsulate within another document or data file.
  • (mathematics) To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.

Etymology

Prefix from English bed.

Origin

English

bed

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