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unˈbosom, v.
[un-2 5. Cf. Du. ontboezemen.]
1. a. trans. To bring out from the breast or heart; to give vent to; esp. to disclose, reveal.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 141 Their seuerall counsels they vnbosome shall. 1645Quarles Sol. Recant. v. 31 Here may thy Griefs unbosome all their grones. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. ix. (1821) 412 But God..is pleased to unbosom his secrets, and most clearly to manifest the way into the holiest of all. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. i. (1841) II. 9, I have longed a great while to unbosom my sorrows to somebody. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xvi. viii, He then unbosomed the violence of his passion to Lady Bellaston. 1844Thirlwall Greece VIII. 149 It was difficult to find a friend to whom he could safely unbosom his views or wishes. 1854J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xxv. 468 He was freely unbosoming his perplexities and his anguish to General Coletta.
b. refl. To disclose or reveal one's thoughts, secrets, etc.
1628T. Ball Life Preston (1885) 171 To him he, therefore, now unbossomed himselfe. 1673True Worship God 44 When men unbosome themselves to their Ministers. 1712Steele Spect. No. 528 ⁋1, [I] have now taken Pen, Ink, and Paper, and am resolv'd to unbosom my self to you. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xiv. ix, Mr. Nightingale, taking the old gentleman with him up stairs,..unbosomed himself as follows. 1803Censor 1 Oct. 110 Having been lately in great distress of mind,..I was led..to unbosom myself to several friends. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair vi, The fat fellow could not be brought to unbosom himself of his great secret.
c. absol. = prec.
1733P. Shaw tr. Bacon's De Sap. Vet. B.'s Phil. Wks. I. 593 Princes usually treat such Persons familiarly; and..think they may with safety unbosom to them. 1772Foote Nabob i. Wks. 1799 II. 295 Similarity of sentiments..may have induced him to unbosom to you. 1804H. K. White Lett. to B. Maddock Sept., I am long before I can unbosom to a friend. 1879Meredith Egoist xxix, She was really the last person to whom he could unbosom.
2. To lay open or disclose to the eye.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. & Tri. ii. xi, Rose-buds bright, Unbosoming their brests against the light. 1728–46Thomson Spring 526 Along these blushing borders, bright with dew,..Fair-handed Spring unbosoms every grace. 1845Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 258 The world in vain unbosometh her beauty, We have no list to live.
3. To empty or exhaust (the bosom). rare—1.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. & Tri. i. xiii, Greefes companie..That lankes the cheekes, and pales the freshest sight, Unbosoming the cheerefull brest of all delight.
Hence unˈbosomer; unˈbosoming vbl. n.
1850Thackeray Pendennis xxiv, That great unbosomer of secrets, a cigar. 1895Purcell Life Cdl. Manning I. xxii. 475 Not as a teacher, but as an unbosomer of his own burdens. 1910Blackw. Mag. Jan. 57 And with a voice of growing strength renewed His vague unbosomings. 1935Dylan Thomas Poems (1971) 46 Summer to him Is the un⁓bosoming of the sun. |