Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to amplect
Participle: amplected
Gerund: amplecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | amplect |
| you | amplect |
| he;she;it | amplects |
| we | amplect |
| you | amplect |
| they | amplect |
Perfect
| I | have amplected |
| you | have amplected |
| he;she;it | has amplected |
| we | have amplected |
| you | have amplected |
| they | have amplected |
Past
| I | amplected |
| you | amplected |
| he;she;it | amplected |
| we | amplected |
| you | amplected |
| they | amplected |
Pluperfect
| I | had amplected |
| you | had amplected |
| he;she;it | had amplected |
| we | had amplected |
| you | had amplected |
| they | had amplected |
Future
| I | will amplect |
| you | will amplect |
| he;she;it | will amplect |
| we | will amplect |
| you | will amplect |
| they | will amplect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have amplected |
| you | will have amplected |
| he;she;it | will have amplected |
| we | will have amplected |
| you | will have amplected |
| they | will have amplected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | amplect |
| you | amplect |
| he;she;it | amplect |
| we | amplect |
| you | amplect |
| they | amplect |
Perfect
| I | have amplected |
| you | have amplected |
| he;she;it | have amplected |
| we | have amplected |
| you | have amplected |
| they | have amplected |
Imperfect
| I | amplected |
| you | amplected |
| he;she;it | amplected |
| we | amplected |
| you | amplected |
| they | amplected |
Pluperfect
| I | had amplected |
| you | had amplected |
| he;she;it | had amplected |
| we | had amplected |
| you | had amplected |
| they | had amplected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would amplect |
| you | would amplect |
| he;she;it | would amplect |
| we | would amplect |
| you | would amplect |
| they | would amplect |
Perfect
| I | would have amplected |
| you | would have amplected |
| he;she;it | would have amplected |
| we | would have amplected |
| you | would have amplected |
| they | would have amplected |
Imperative
| you | amplect |
| we | Let's amplect |
| you | amplect |
Verbs conjugated like 'amplect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'amplect'
adlect,
allect,
amplex,
aspect,
complect,
abject,
adject,
advect,
affect,
afflict,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to clasp in the arms with affection
- accoll, beclip, clip, coll, complect, comply, cwtch, embrace, enfold, enhalse, fall on someone's neck, fathom, glomp, halse, hug, infold, oxter, press, squeeze, umbeclap
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin amplector. See: Latin '
amplector'.
Sample Sentences
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It is a junceous and gramineous Plant, whoſe ſmall, dry, hard and nodous root emits hard, ſtraggling, round, full, not concave, and clear reeds, gracile towards the top, whoſe rigid, mucronated, and pale leaves of half a palms length, amplect its gramineous ſurcles. [1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory, page 284:]
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We have learned of these your words, that to do truly penance is not only to abstain from sin, but also to amplect and embrace the virtue contrary to the sin. [1843, Thomas Becon, The early works of Thomas Becon, page 92:]
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But to this end, that we, seeing our abominable uncleanness and inability, might despair in ourselves, trembling at the justice of God, and his anger which we continually procure, and so amplect Christ, in whom God the Father is well pleased [1843, Richard B. Hone, The lives of John Bradford, Edmund Grindal and Sir Matthew Hale:]
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To name just several, male toads (Bufo bufo) sometimes amplect other males, female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) mount one another and engage in genital contact, and male flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum) will mount and attempt to deposit sperm on other males. [2013, David A. Baum, Douglas J. Futuyma, Hopi E. Hoekstra, The Princeton Guide to Evolution, →ISBN, page 716:]