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embosom en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English em- English bosom English embosom From em- + bosom.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.
2. (transitive) To enclose, surround, or protect.
   • […] 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. 1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:
   • Embosomed in the forest of the canton of La Double, near the road leading from Périgueux to Ribérac, is a monument named Roque Brun. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 472:
   • There were several native villages scattered about, so embosomed in fruit trees that at a distance they looked like clumps or patches of forest. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 334:
   • [S]uffice it to record, that blessed with a numerous progeny, Emily found herself completely embosomed in domestic bliss: […] 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:

Forms

Deriveds

disembosom