Embosom

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embosom \Em*bos"om\, v. t. [Written also imbosom.]
     1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to
        foster.
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              Glad to embosom his affection.        --Spenser.


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     2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in
        the midst of something.
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              His house embosomed in the grove.     --Pope.
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              Some tender flower . . . .
              Embosomed in the greenest glade.      --Keble.
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