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imbosom

imbosom is the alternative spelling of embosom.

Meaning of embosom

Verb

embosom (third-person singular simple present embosoms, present participle embosoming, simple past and past participle embosomed)

  1. (transitive) To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.
  2. (transitive) To enclose, surround, or protect.
    • [S]uffice it to record, that blessed with a numerous progeny, Emily found herself completely embosomed in domestic bliss: […]1826, William Child Green, The Woodland Family, or The Sons of Error and Daughters of Simplicity, A Domestic Tale, London: J. M'Gowan and Sons, →OCLC, page 556

Forms of imbosom

third-person singular presentimbosoms
present participleimbosoming
past participleimbosomed
pastimbosomed

Questions about imbosom

What is imbosom the alternative spelling of?
Imbosom is the alternative spelling of embosom.

Words near imbosom in the dictionary

  1. imbos
  2. imbosk
  3. imbosked
  4. imbosking
  5. imbosks
  6. imbosom
  7. imbosomed
  8. imbosoming
  9. imbosoms
  10. imboss
  11. imbossed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imbosom (page history and authors); embosom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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