Definition of "embracements" [embracements]

• Plural form of embracement. (noun)

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• "For, in succession of time, whether he enjoyed the embracements of his new Mistresse, or no: yet"
• "Know Slave, that I did not so earnestly desire thy sweete embracements before, but now as deadly"
• "I pray you, daughter, sing; or express yourself in a more comfortable sort: if my son were my husband, I should freelier rejoice in that absence wherein he won honour than in the embracements of his bed where he would show most love."