† amˈplect, v. Obs.
[ad. L. amplect-i to embrace, clasp, f. amb- about + plect-ĕre to plait, twine.]
To embrace, clasp; = amplex.
| 1525 State Papers Hen. VIII, V. 417 If this matier..shuld not be duely amplected, embraced and folowed. 1542 Becon Christm. Banq. (1843) 66 With how valiant courage should we amplect and embrace virtue! 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653, 401 To bestride the limb to be amputated; and to amplect the member. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 258 And with many involutions amplect them like Briony. |