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English
Etymology
From em- + bosom.
Verb
embosom (third-person singular simple present embosoms, present participle embosoming, simple past and past participle embosomed)
- To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.
- To enclose, surround, or protect.
1826, William Child Green, The Woodland Family, or The Sons of Error and Daughters of Simplicity, A Domestic Tale, London: J. M'Gowan and Sons, →OCLC, page 556:uffice it to record, that blessed with a numerous progeny, Emily found herself completely embosomed in domestic bliss: […]
1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:[…] and thus mind is reconciled to its own momentary existence and limited vision by the sense of the infinite supplements that embosom it on every side.
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