单词 | embosom |
释义 | embosomimbosomv. 1. transitive. To take or press to one's bosom; to cherish in one's bosom; to embrace. †Also, to implant, plunge (a sting, weapon, etc.) in (another's) bosom (obsolete). Chiefly figurative. rare in modern use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)] clipc950 freeOE beclipc1000 windc1175 fang?c1200 yokec1275 umgripea1300 to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300 umbefold14.. collc1320 lapc1350 bracec1375 embracec1386 clapa1400 folda1400 halsea1400 umbeclapa1400 accollc1400 fathomc1400 halchc1400 haspc1400 hoderc1440 plighta1450 plet?a1500 cuddlec1520 complect1523 umbfoldc1540 clasp1549 culla1564 cully1576 huggle1583 embosom1590 wrap1594 collya1600 cling1607 bosom1608 grasp1609 comply1648 huddlea1650 smuggle1679 inarm1713 snuggle1775 cwtch1965 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon > thrust a pointed weapon putc1275 shovec1275 rivec1330 stickc1390 stub1576 haft1582 uphilt1582 gar1587 embosom1590 emboss1590 flesh1590 imbrue1590 stabc1610 scour1613 α. β. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 7 Suffering them [sc. Muleteers] to imbosome them between their brests.1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life ii. 14 They lay as it were imbosomed one in another.1806 T. Moore From High Priest of Apollo ii. 40 Might he but pass the hours of shade Imbosomed by his Delphic maid.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. Q The handmayd..Glad t'embosome his affection vile. 1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Victory in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 67 Thus sought the dire enchauntresse in his minde Her guilefull bait to have embosomed. a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) vii. 9 Anger rests Embosom'd..in foolish brests. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 146 Tithons wife embosom'd by Him lies. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 380 Why embosom me a viper's sting? a1813 A. Wilson Tears of Brit. in Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 214 Shall..such a monster..By Britons be..embosom'd? 1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 459 All the Father embosometh the Son. 2. transferred. a. To enclose, conceal, shelter, in the ‘bosom’. Often passive to be enclosed, enveloped in, closely surrounded with (woods, foliage, mountains, etc.); poetic, to be ‘wrapped’ in (slumber, happiness, beauty, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter wrench?c1225 covera1275 herda1300 lown1487 scug1513 subumber1543 becalm1559 embower1580 ensconce1594 sconce1598 screen1611 burrow1657 lew1664 embosom1685 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] beloukOE pind?c1225 closec1275 beshuta1300 to shut about13.. umbclosec1330 to close about1340 aclosec1350 in close1393 enclose?a1400 tinec1400 concludea1425 includec1425 wallc1430 underclosec1440 inclusea1450 hedgec1500 lista1513 inrail1523 interclude1524 fence1535 parclose1535 riba1547 pale1570 impale1579 embay1582 immure1583 upclosec1590 enchase1591 interclose1592 recinct1598 underfong1599 intermure1606 bound1609 engirt1627 bosom1637 infence1652 cancellate1664 circumclude1677 embosomc1750 comprehend1807 α. β. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 52 A country much mangled with many inlets and Armes of the sea inbosoming it selfe with manifold commodities.1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. iii. i. 131/2 Scotlands South part..imbosoming many Loughes and In-lets vpon the East and West.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 597 By whom in bliss imbosom'd sat the Son. View more context for this quotation1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings ii. lx. 167 We walked..to a large old villa, imbosomed in trees.1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 246 Thy heart imbosomed in all beauteousness.1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica Pref. p. xiii All sorts of people..may safely embosom themselves in her. c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies vii. 44 My distant home Which oaks embosom. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 15 Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. 1773 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 158 The vilages are happily embosomed with trees. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 501 This state [sc. New York] embosoms vast quantities of iron ore. 1810 T. Campbell On Visiting Scene in Argyleshire in Poet. Wks. I. 144 The wind-shaken weeds that embosom the bower. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. iii. 72 One of those spots in which Nature often embosoms her sweetest charms. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 279 Deep sleep embosometh their jaded limbs. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §4. 798 What sepulchre embosoms the remains..of so much human excellence and glory? 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 24 The sky..over~arching and embosoming not earth and sea only, but clouds and meteors, planets and stars. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [verb (reflexive)] > be engulfed in another river swallow1623 embosom1665 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 837 The River Vecht..imbosomes it self into the same [sc. the Issell]. Derivatives emˈbosomed adj. ΚΠ 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis x. 205 She..Flusht with imbosomd flames. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 184 The long imbosomed braid. emˈbosoming n. and adj. ΚΠ 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Ttt6v Since their embosoming and reconcilement to the Church of Rome. 1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home i. 10 The..hill, with its tall spire and embosoming trees. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 44 Bosses of shrubs, embosomings of flowers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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