disemˈbosom, v.
[f. dis- 6 + embosom.]
trans. To cast out or separate from the bosom; to disclose, reveal. (Cf. disbosom.)
| 1742 Young Nt. Th. ix. 2350 He..Who, disembosom'd from the Father, bows The heav'n of heav'ns, to kiss the distant earth! 1878 Browning La Saisiaz 21 Throb of heart, beneath which..Treasure oft was disembosomed. |
b. refl. and intr. To disclose what is in one's bosom, unburden oneself.
| 1767 Babler I. 226 Miss Lambton..thought it best to disembosom herself entirely, and thus went on. 1858 Sat. Rev. VI. 73/1 The irresistable desire to disembosom oneself had its way. 1884 Stevenson in Longm. Mag. IV. 80 What manner of man this was to whom we disembosomed. |
Hence disemˈbosoming vbl. n.
| 1836 F. Mahoney Rel. Father Prout (1859) 75 In the disembosomings of feeling and the perennial flow of soul. |