embosom Meaning, Definition & Usage

Em*bos"om transitive verb

Etymology

Written also imbosom.

Definitions

1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.

   Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.

2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

   His house embosomed in the grove. Pope.

   Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.