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Embracement
noun
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Noun
- 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 the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) wordnet
- 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 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 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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