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Embracing

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of amplectant. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is embraced (in various senses).

    "There are some secret moving Springs in the Affections, which when they are set a going by some Object in view, or be it some Object, though not in view, yet rendred present to the Mind by the Power of Imagination, that Motion carries out the Soul by its Impetuosity to such violent eager embracings of the Object, that the Absence of it is insupportable."

  2. 2
    the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of embrace form-of, gerund, participle, present

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