embosom

English

Alternative forms

• imbosom

Etymology

Etymology tree

English em-

English bosom

English embosom

From em- + bosom.

Verb

embosom (third-person singular simple present embosoms, present participle embosoming, simple past and past participle embosomed)

1. (transitive) To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.
2. (transitive) 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:

     [S]uffice it to record, that blessed with a numerous progeny, Emily found herself completely embosomed in domestic bliss: […]

   • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 334:

     There were several native villages scattered about, so embosomed in fruit trees that at a distance they looked like clumps or patches of forest.

   • 1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     […] 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.

Derived terms

• disembosom