Imbrace

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of embrace. alt-of, obsolete

    "That Gentleman I mean to make the model of my Fortunes, and in his chaſt imbraces keep alive the memory of my loſt lovely Loveleſe: he is ſomewhat like him too."

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of embrace. alt-of, obsolete

    "The louer refused of his loue imbraceth death. [poem title]"

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hugespousehugsqueezefall on someone's neckabduct

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"The louer refused of his loue imbraceth death. [poem title]"

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