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embosom

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em⋅bos⋅om

  [em-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm]
Use embosom in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to enfold, envelop, or enclose.
2. to take into or hold in the bosom; embrace.
3. to cherish; foster.
Also, imbosom.

Origin:
1580–90; em- 1 + bosom
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em·bos·om   (ěm-bŏŏz'əm, -bōō'zəm)   
tr.v.   em·bos·omed, em·bos·om·ing, em·bos·oms

  1. To enclose protectively; envelop.

  2. Archaic To clasp to or hold in the bosom.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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