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Embosom v. t.

To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. "Glad to embosom his affection."

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... legions came up to reinforce them. It was then that the conflict became general; the Roman soldiers endeavoured, in vain, to penetrate the centre, where the Gauls and Spaniards fought; which Han'nibal observing, he ordered part of those troops to give way, and to permit the Romans to embosom themselves within a chosen body of his Africans, whom he had placed on their wings, so as to surround them; upon that a terrible slaughter of the Romans ensued, fatigued with repeated attacks of the Africans, who were fresh and vigorous. 29. At last the rout became ...

— Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome • Oliver Goldsmith