disembosomv.
a. transitive. To cast out or separate from the bosom; to disclose, reveal. (Cf. disbosom v.)
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1745 E. Young Consolation 115 He..Who, disembosom'd from the Father, bows The Heaven of Heavens, to kiss the distant Earth!
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 21 Throb of heart, beneath which..Treasure oft was disembosomed.
b. reflexive and intransitive. To disclose what is in one's bosom, unburden oneself.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (reflexive)] > disclose one's thoughts or feelings
open1548
relate1625
unbowel1647
unbosoma1659
disembosom1767
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > one's thoughts or feelings
to open one's hearta1250
to break one's mind (heart)a1450
to show one's mind1492
to fish out the bottom of a person's stomach1537
to utter (the bottom of) one's stomach1537
to show one's true colours?1551
to come out1836
to open out1855
to come (out) in (also into) the open1861
disembosom1884
unbutton1956
to go public1957
1767 Babler I. 226 Miss Lambton..thought it best to disembosom herself entirely, and thus went on.
1858 Sat. Rev. 6 73/1 The irresistable desire to disembosom oneself had its way.
1884 Stevenson in Longman's Mag. IV. 80 What manner of man this was to whom we disembosomed.
Derivatives
disemˈbosoming n.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > self-revelation > confession
anyetenessc1175
anyetingc1175
shrifta1340
unburdening1550
confession1604
eviscerationa1631
disembosoming1836
disbosoming1844
unburdenment1892
sharing1931
1836 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout (1859) 75 In the disembosomings of feeling and the perennial flow of soul.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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