embrace, embracing, embracement
(noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
embracement (countable and uncountable, plural embracements)
A clasp in the arms; embrace.
State of embracing, encompassing or including various items; inclusion.
Act or state of embracing or accepting; willing acceptance.
State of being contained; enclosure.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*brace"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embrassement.]
1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney.
2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.
3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.] A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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