To embrace, enfold, or clasp closely together.
From Latin 'amplectere' (to embrace, wind around), from 'am-' (around) + 'plectere' (to twist, braid). The word entered English in the 16th century as a literary or botanical term.
In botany, 'amplect' describes how plant stems wrap around supports—nature's embrace. But the word has virtually disappeared from modern English, surviving mainly in technical botanical descriptions and Victorian poetry.
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