amplexation — ozdic

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ADJ.

due, true

PREP.

without

Definitions

noun

1

An embrace.

The angels were bright and glorious; thy appearance was homely, thy habit mean: yet, when she heard thy voice, she turns her back upon the angels, and salutes thee with a Rabboni; and falls down before thee, in a desire of an humble amplexation of those Sacred Feet, which she now rejoices to see past the use of her odours.

[...] blood and the spirit, by mutual amplexations or inbracements of these two vessels, the vein and the arterie being conjoyned and united in one very body, first beginning in the braded body, and then after in the[…]

2

The act of (forming the grip of) amplexus.

Amplexation of 'Pelodytes punctatus' […] Nevertheless, within certain limits, the species of a genus agree in their mode of amplexation; only a too strict taxonomy cannot be applied.

In accordance with these pairing habits, the pectoral spines of the male [catfish], which are used in amplexation, are larger and stronger than those of the female. These fish are monogamous , and both parents remain by the side of the nest, furiously attacking any assailant.

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The angels were bright and glorious; thy appearance was homely, thy habit mean: yet, when she heard thy voice, she turns her back upon the angels, and salutes thee with a Rabboni; and falls down befor

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[...] blood and the spirit, by mutual amplexations or inbracements of these two vessels, the vein and the arterie being conjoyned and united in one very body, first beginning in the braded body, and t

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Truth oft hath approbation, without Amplexation; beleeved, but not embrac't of many. […] And I will not say, Saint Paul meant not so; though I will not say, he did. The true Amplexation, is the due Ap

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In some senses, amplexation is marked as obsolete, dated, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.