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embosom

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

verb (used with object)

  1. to enfold, envelop, or enclose.

  2. to take into or hold in the bosom; embrace.

  3. to cherish; foster.


embosom British  
/ ɪmˈbʊzəm /

verb

  1. to enclose or envelop, esp protectively

  2. to clasp to the bosom; hug

  3. to cherish

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of embosom

First recorded in 1580–90; em- 1 + bosom


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Do they not embosom him in a style of grandeur worthy, if such it be, of a "City of Palaces?"

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

Other parts are laid into floors, or wrought into wainscoting, or carved for frames of noble pictures, or fashioned into chairs that embosom the weakness of old age.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Orison Swett Marden

To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

Some ivy, planted by Miss Moore, on the eastern side of the church promises in time to embosom it in green.

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott

We give ourselves in all seriousness to horticulture, and embosom the chalet in flowers, of which we are passionately fond.

From Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac

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