\Em*bos"om\, v. t. [Written also imbosom.] 1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. --Spenser. 2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. --Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. --Keble.