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Embosom

Em-bos′om

,
Verb.
T.
[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.

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embosom

embosom

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

  1. To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.
  2. To enclose, surround, or protect.
    • 1826, William Child Green, The Woodland Family, or The Sons of Error and Daughters of Simplicity, A Domestic Tale, London: J. M'Gowan and Sons, OCLC 80585802, page 556:
      [S]uffice it to record, that blessed with a numerous progeny, Emily found herself completely embosomed in domestic bliss: […]

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