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embracings

embracings is the plural of embracing.

Meaning of embracing

Noun

embracing (plural embracings)

  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...1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 222

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Questions about embracings

What is embracings the plural of?
Embracings is the plural of embracing.

Words near embracings in the dictionary

  1. embracing
  2. embracing the penguin
  3. embracing the suck
  4. embracingly
  5. embracingness
  6. embracings
  7. embracive
  8. Embraer
  9. embraid
  10. embraided
  11. embraiding

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