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Thesaurus: embosom

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

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  1. v. t. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.
  2. v. t. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
  3. 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.
  4. v. t. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. v. t. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.