1. firmly fixed or enclosed in a surrounding mass; embedded
Usage: variant spelling of 'embedded'; less common in modern usage

1. past tense and past participle of imbed; to set or fix firmly in a surrounding mass
Usage: variant spelling of 'embedded'; less common in modern usage

Examples

• The jewel was imbedded in the crown.
• A splinter became imbedded in her finger.
• The archaeologists imbedded the artifact in protective material.
• The memory remained imbedded in his mind.
• Fossils were imbedded in the rock layers.
• The journalist was imbedded with the military unit.
• The code was imbedded within the larger program.