Category:Embracement

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.