rare. [n. of action f. L. amplexāt- ppl. stem of amplexā-ri to embrace, as if ad. L. *amplexātiōn-em.]

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  † 1.  Embracing. Obs.

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1615.  Bp. Hall, Contempl., IV. xxxiii. (1833), 517. An humble amplexation of those sacred feet.

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  2.  Surg. ‘A method of treating fracture of the clavicle.’ Syd. Soc. Lex.

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