Embracement

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A clasp in the arms; embrace. countable, uncountable

    "Kinde wordes, and mutuall talke, makes our greefe greater. Therefore with dum imbracement let vs part,"

  2. 2
    the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) wordnet
  3. 3
    State of embracing, encompassing or including various items; inclusion. countable, uncountable

    "The question of flies—using that, to a woodsman, eminently connotive word in its wide embracement of mosquitoes, sand-flies, deer-flies, black flies, and midges—is one much mooted in the craft."

  4. 4
    Act or state of embracing or accepting; willing acceptance. countable, uncountable

    "[…] what Destiny has ordered I am resolved with an adventerous Resolution to subscribe to, and with a contented imbracement enjoy it."

  5. 5
    State of being contained; enclosure. countable, uncountable

    "[…] the Sun […] of himself, ever shineth and seeth all things, if his Beams be not stopt with a Cloud or some other thick imbracement […]"

Etymology

From Middle English embracement, enbracement, from Old French embrassement; equivalent to embrace + -ment.

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