noun
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the act or an instance of embracing; an embrace.
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connection or manner of being connected or related; relation.
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communication or dealings between or among people; intercoure.
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(rhet.) a fault, as of distorting the meaning or being grating to the ears, etc., in making euphonic junctions.
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(ling.) a combination of elements (as suffixes to the stem) without changing the base or stem; agglutination.