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disemˈbosom, v.
[f. dis- 6 + embosom.]
trans. To cast out or separate from the bosom; to disclose, reveal. (Cf. disbosom.)
1742Young Nt. Th. ix. 2350 He..Who, disembosom'd from the Father, bows The heav'n of heav'ns, to kiss the distant earth! 1878Browning La Saisiaz 21 Throb of heart, beneath which..Treasure oft was disembosomed.
b. refl. and intr. To disclose what is in one's bosom, unburden oneself.
1767Babler I. 226 Miss Lambton..thought it best to disembosom herself entirely, and thus went on. 1858Sat. Rev. VI. 73/1 The irresistable desire to disembosom oneself had its way. 1884Stevenson in Longm. Mag. IV. 80 What manner of man this was to whom we disembosomed.
Hence disemˈbosoming vbl. n.
1836F. Mahoney Rel. Father Prout (1859) 75 In the disembosomings of feeling and the perennial flow of soul. |