bosom vb. (Cf. ‘I'll bosom what I think’, John Day, 1606)
1.
lit. to
take to the bosom, embrace; (hence) to admit to
close companionship
Lr. V. i. 13
“conjunct And bosom'd
with her.”
2.
to keep in secret
H8 I. i. 112
“ up my
counsel.”
