disburden

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He fell prone upon the grass, striving to disburden himself of an unwanted draft, pitiable, a spluttering ruin of a conspirator.

From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard

Disembosom, dis-em-bōōz′um, v.t. to separate from the bosom: to disburden one's self of a secret.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

He seized the propitious moment to disburden his soul.

From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip

On this occasion he had come to disburden on Mr. Dudley his fears of disease and death.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

But it is improper to disburden imagination on such a subject in this place.—E.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert