inarmv.
/ɪnˈɑːm/ transitive. To clasp within or as with the arms; to embrace; to throw the arms round.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)]
clipc950
freeOE
beclipc1000
windc1175
fang?c1200
yokec1275
umgripea1300
to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300
umbefold14..
collc1320
lapc1350
bracec1375
embracec1386
clapa1400
folda1400
halsea1400
umbeclapa1400
accollc1400
fathomc1400
halchc1400
haspc1400
hoderc1440
plighta1450
plet?a1500
cuddlec1520
complect1523
umbfoldc1540
clasp1549
culla1564
cully1576
huggle1583
embosom1590
wrap1594
collya1600
cling1607
bosom1608
grasp1609
comply1648
huddlea1650
smuggle1679
inarm1713
snuggle1775
cwtch1965
1713 M. Henry Wks. (1835) II. 271/2 He [Christ] inarmed them [children], he took them into his embraces.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 200 As the twin tidal wave inarms the world.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 28 Thee could Thetis inarm, most beauteous Ocean-daughter.
1876 R. Browning Forgiveness 126 Gallant and lady..Enarming each the other.
Derivatives
inˈarmed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounding closely or tightly > surrounded closely or tightly
clasped1582
yhugged1614
inarmed1875
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 2 Fire should have flung a passion of embrace About thee..resplendently inarmed.
inˈarming adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounding closely or tightly
embracing1590
clasping1611
inarming1612
1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. Illustr. 223 Warwickshire..you might call Middle-Engle for equality of distance from the inarming Ocean.
1881 F. W. H. Myers Wordsworth 43 Norway's inarming melancholy sea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
v.1612