Meaning

(archaic) To embrace..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) To embrace.
2. (biology, rare) To grasp (the mating partner) with front legs, so as to engage in amplexus.

Example Sentences

It is a junceous and gramineous Plant, whoſe ſmall, dry, hard and nodous root emits hard, ſtraggling, round, full, not concave, and clear reeds, gracile towards the top, whoſe rigid, mucronated, and pale leaves of half a palms length, amplect its gramineous ſurcles.

We have learned of these your words, that to do truly penance is not only to abstain from sin, but also to amplect and embrace the virtue contrary to the sin.

But to this end, that we, seeing our abominable uncleanness and inability, might despair in ourselves, trembling at the justice of God, and his anger which we continually procure, and so amplect Christ, in whom God the Father is well pleased

To name just several, male toads (Bufo bufo) sometimes amplect other males, female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) mount one another and engage in genital contact, and male flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum) will mount and attempt to deposit sperm on other males.

Word Forms

• amplects
• amplecting
• amplected

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When Should You Use Amplect?

Use amplect when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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