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A. take in one's arms, embrace, A.R. 4.972, Nonn. D. 25.177 ; τινὰ ἀγοστῷ ib.3.340 : more freq. in Med., χείρεσσι AP 12.121 (Rhian.), Opp. H. 4.286, Nonn. D. 9.30 ; ἀγοστῷ ib.14.152.