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Webster 1913 Edition
Unbosom
Un-bos′om
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Unbosomed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Unbosoming
.] [1st pref.
un-
+ bosom
.] To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; – often used reflexively;
as, to
. unbosom
one’s selfMilton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unbosom
UNBOSOM
,Verb.
T.
1.
To disclose freely one's secret opinions or feelings.2.
To reveal in confidence.Definition 2024
unbosom
unbosom
English
Verb
unbosom (third-person singular simple present unbosoms, present participle unbosoming, simple past and past participle unbosomed)
- (archaic) To tell someone about one's troubles, and thus obtain relief.
- 1594, Shakespeare, Willam, Love's Labour's Lost, act V, scene 2, line 2040:
- Their several counsels they unbosom shall
To loves mistook, and so be mock'd withal
Upon the next occasion that we meet,
With visages displayed, to talk and greet.
- Their several counsels they unbosom shall
- 1953, Beckett, Samuel, Watt, Paris: Olympia Press, OL 16635912M:
- Watt was not the first to whom Mr Graves had unbosomed himself, in this connexion. For he had unbosomed himself to Arsene, many years before...
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- (archaic) To confess a misdeed.
Translations
to tell about one's troubles
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to confess a misdeed
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