单词 | re-embosom |
释义 | † re-embosomv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To take back to one's bosom. (literal and figurative) Frequently in passive. Cf. embosom v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)] > again re-embrace1611 re-embosom1642 reclasp1793 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > into the bosom bosom1605 re-embosom1878 1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie ii. iv. 369 Some..had been Reconciled and reimbosomed with the Church. 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 56 [Henry IV. of France] once more re-embosom'd himself into the Roman Synagogue. 1827 R. Streeter Let. 22 Oct. in Olive Branch 17 Nov. 212/2 She ascended to a better world, to which he has now repaired in haste, to be re-embosomed in more than human affection. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 129 Treasure oft was disembosomed... Disembosomed, re-embosomed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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