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Embosom v. t.

To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. "Glad to embosom his affection."

To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. "His house embosomed in the grove." "Some tender flower... Embosomed in the greenest glade."

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Etymology of 'Embosom'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Embosom" Quotes from Famous Books

... embosom'd There stands the Hunter's cot, From which this maiden daily At morning peeps so gaily, Contented ...

— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various

... had not come to the last word before the light made a centre of its middle, whirling like a swift milestone. Then the love that was within it answered, "A divine light strikes upon me, penetrating through this wherein I embosom me: the virtue of which, conjoined with my vision, lifts me above myself so far that I see the Supreme Essence from which it emanates. Thence comes the joy wherewith I flame, because to my vision, in proportion as it is clear, I match the clearness of my flame. But that soul in Heaven which is most ...

— The Divine Comedy, Volume 3, Paradise [Paradiso] • Dante Alighieri

... those maiden glories, gone that state, Which made all eyes admire our bliss of late. As looks the heaven when never star appears, But slow and weary shroud them in their spheres, While Titon's wife embosom'd by him lies, And world doth languish in a dreary guise: As looks a garden of its beauty spoil'd, As woods in winter by rough Boreas foil'd, As portraits razed of colours used to be: So look'd these abject bounds deprived ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan