Em-bos'om, v. t.

verbtransitive

[Prefix em, for en, and bosom, q. v.] [Written also imbosom.]

  1. To take into the bosom; to receive into the heart; to cherish. “Glad to embosom his affection.” Spenser.
  2. To hide or half conceal; to overshadow.

His house embosomed in the grove. Pope.