Usually means: Grasping or embracing, especially limbs.
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  1. amplectant: Wordnik
  2. amplectant: Wiktionary
  3. Amplectant, amplectant: Dictionary.com
  4. Amplectant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. amplectant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Amplectant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. amplectant: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Amplectant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (amplectant)

▸ adjective:  clasping or embracing
▸ adjective:  (botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it

Similar:
amplectent, clipsome, annectant, interfolded, agglutinate, conglutinant, clad, conglutinate, wrapped, embrasured, more...

Opposite:
non-embracing, non-hugging, non-clasping

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Similar:
amplectent, clipsome, annectant, interfolded, agglutinate, conglutinant, clad, conglutinate, wrapped, embrasured, more...

Opposite:
non-embracing, non-hugging, non-clasping



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