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embosom

verb
em·​bos·​om | \ im-ˈbu̇-zəm also -ˈbü- \
embosomed; embosoming; embosoms

Definition of embosom

transitive verb

1 archaic : to take into or place in the bosom
2 : to shelter closely : enclose his house embosomed in the grove— Alexander Pope
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a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries

First Known Use of embosom

circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of embosom was circa 1590

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