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disembosom

disembosom verb: to separate from the bosom.

Verb

disembosom (third-person singular simple present disembosoms, present participle disembosoming, simple past and past participle disembosomed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To separate from the bosom.
    • Who , disembosom'd from the Father, bows1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To disburden oneself of a secret.

Forms of disembosom

third-person singular presentdisembosoms
present participledisembosoming
past participledisembosomed
pastdisembosomed

Origin of disembosom

From dis- + embosom.

Questions about disembosom

What does disembosom mean?
Disembosom means to separate from the bosom.
What part of speech is disembosom?
Disembosom is a verb.
What is the past tense of disembosom?
The past tense of disembosom is disembosomed.

Words near disembosom in the dictionary

  1. disembogued
  2. disemboguement
  3. disemboguements
  4. disembogues
  5. disemboguing
  6. disembosom
  7. disembosomed
  8. disembosoming
  9. disembosoms
  10. disembowel
  11. disemboweled

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