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disembosom

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[dis-em-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈbʊz əm, -ˈbu zəm /

verb (used with object)

  1. to reveal; divulge.

  2. to unburden (oneself ) of a secret.


Etymology

Origin of disembosom

First recorded in 1735–45; dis- 1 + embosom


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But, my dear Miss Bursal, if I may be so bold—if you'd only disembosom your mind of what's on it— Miss B. Disembosom my mind!

From The Parent's Assistant by Maria Edgeworth

But an opportunity arrived which enabled him to disembosom the burden that pressed upon his heart.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

But, my dear Miss Bursal, if I may be so bold—if you'd only disembosom your mind of what's on it—— Miss B. Disembosom my mind!

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth

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