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Raised to hold back water
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embanked
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vb. (en-past of: embank )
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Embank \Em*bank"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking .] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank .] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.