Embed \Em*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.]

[Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.]

To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)