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noun

Embracement n.

A clasp in the arms; embrace. "Dear though chaste embracements."

State of being contained; inclosure. (Obs.) "In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones."

Willing acceptance. (Obs.) "A ready embracement of... his kindness."

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Etymology of 'Embracement'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Embracement" Quotes from Famous Books

... thee letters and monies. Arise ere the day wax bright and thou be in perplexed plight and perdition upon thy head alight!" Quoth he, "O my lady, I beseech thee of thy favour to bid me farewell with thine embracement;" and quoth she, "No harm in that."[FN56] So he embraced her and knew her carnally; after which he made the Ghusl-ablution; then, donning the dress of a white slave, he bade the syces saddle him a thoroughbred steed. Accordingly, ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton

... my mind is the "Nativity" belonging to Mr. Fuller Maitland. Poetic imagination in a painter has produced nothing more graceful and more tender than the dance of angels in the air above, and the embracement of the angels and the ...

— Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 - The Fine Arts • John Addington Symonds