disembosom

[dis-em-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm]

verb (used with object)

1. to reveal; divulge.

2. to unburden (oneself ) of a secret.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disembosom¹

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

Example Sentences

Disembosom, dis-em-bōōz′um, v.t. to separate from the bosom: to disburden one's self of a secret.

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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!

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Uninjured from our praise can He escape, Who, disembosom’d from the Father, bows The heaven of heavens, to kiss the distant earth!

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

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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!

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