disbosom

American

[dis-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm] / dɪsˈbʊz əm, -ˈbu zəm /

verb (used with object)

to reveal; confess.

Etymology

Origin of disbosom

First recorded in 1835–45; dis- ¹ + bosom

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disbosom

If you harbor any secret, Potent to force an ear that's locked to mercy, In God's name, now disbosom it.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma

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