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re-emˈbrace, v.
Also 7 re-im-, reim-.
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. rembrasser, † rembracier.]
trans. and intr. To embrace again, in lit. and fig. senses.
1611Florio, Rimbracciare, to imbrace againe, to re-imbrace. 1633Prynne 1st Pt. Histrio-m. 57 Why should you re-embrace..the things, which you haue thus abiured? 1655tr. Com. Hist. Francion ix. 4 His Daughter and her Sweet⁓heart coming to re-imbrace each other. a1711Ken Preparatives Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 48 When their Souls they re⁓embrace. 1742Young Nt. Th. v. 1044 He takes his Leave, To re-embrace in Extasies, at Eve. 1855Browning In a Year i, Bitterly we re-embrace, Single still. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. viii. iii. (1872) III. 13 His Majesty, who wept like a paternal bear, on reëmbracing Wilhelmina.
So re-emˈbrace n., a renewed embrace; re-emˈbracement.
1611Florio, Rabbracciamenti, re-imbracements. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. xi. 2316 If, fighting quietly, the jaws enjoy One re-embrace in mid back-bone. |