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embosom
[ em-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm ]
/ ɛmˈbʊz əm, -ˈbu zəm /
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verb (used with object)
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embolize, embolus, emboly, embonpoint, embosk, embosom, emboss, embossed, embothrium, embouchure, embourgeoisement
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How to use embosom in a sentence
There is a fire of autumn colour in the tufted woods that embosom Fernilea.
Angling Sketches|Andrew LangWe give ourselves in all seriousness to horticulture, and embosom the chalet in flowers, of which we are passionately fond.
Letters of Two Brides|Honore de BalzacEast of the Butes, vegetation continually decreases till it ceases in the black crags which embosom the head streams of the river.
Do they not embosom him in a style of grandeur worthy, if such it be, of a "City of Palaces?"
British Dictionary definitions for embosom
embosom
/ (ɪmˈbʊzəm) /
verb (tr) archaic
to enclose or envelop, esp protectively
to clasp to the bosom; hug
to cherish
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