EMBOSOM

Etymology

Verb

embosom (third-person singular simple present embosoms, present participle embosoming, simple past and past participle embosomed)

To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.

To enclose, surround, or protect.

Source: Wiktionary


Em*bos"om, v. t. Etym: [Written also imbosom.]

1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.

2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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