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em⋅brace

1  [em-breys] verb, -braced, -brac⋅ing, noun
Use embrace in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.
2. to take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea.
3. to avail oneself of: to embrace an opportunity.
4. to adopt (a profession, a religion, etc.): to embrace Buddhism.
5. to take in with the eye or the mind.
6. to encircle; surround; enclose.
7. to include or contain: An encyclopedia embraces a great number of subjects.
–verb (used without object)
8. to join in an embrace.
–noun
9. an act or instance of embracing.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < AF, OF embracier, equiv. to em- em- 1 + bracier to embrace, deriv. of brace the two arms; see brace

Related forms:
em⋅brace⋅a⋅ble, adjective
em⋅brace⋅ment, noun
em⋅brac⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. adopt, espouse, welcome. 3. seize. 7. comprise, cover, embody. See include.

Antonyms:
7. exclude.

em⋅brace

2  [em-breys]
–verb (used with object), -braced, -brac⋅ing. Law.
to attempt to influence (a judge or jury) through corrupt means.
Origin:
1400–1450; late ME: to influence, prejudice, bribe (a jury), perh. the same word as embrace 1 , influenced by embrasen to set on fire (< MF embraser; see em- 1 , braise )

Related forms:
em⋅brac⋅er, noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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em·brace   (ěm-brās')   
v.   em·braced, em·brac·ing, em·brac·es

v.   tr.
  1. To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection.
    1. To surround; enclose: We allowed the warm water to embrace us.
    2. To twine around: a trellis that was embraced by vines.
  3. To include as part of something broader. See Synonyms at include.
  4. To take up willingly or eagerly: embrace a social cause.
  5. To avail oneself of: "I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace" (Henry James).
v.   intr.
To join in an embrace.
n.  
  1. An act of holding close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection; a hug.
  2. An enclosure or encirclement: caught in the jungle's embrace.
  3. Eager acceptance: your embrace of Catholicism.

[Middle English embracen, from Old French embracer : en-, in; see en-1 + brace, the two arms; see brace.]
em·brace'a·ble adj., em·brace'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Embrace

Em*brace"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.] To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Embrace

Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing.] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.]

1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. --Shak.

Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. --Acts xx. 1.

2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. --Shak.

3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." --Shak.

What is there that he may not embrace for truth? --Locke.

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. --Denham.

5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a subject fully can embrace. --Dryden.

6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." --Shak.

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. --Blackstone.

Syn: To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; ??omprise; comprehend; contain; involve; impl???

Embrace

Em*brace"\, v. i. To join in an embrace.

Embrace

Em*brace"\, n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. --Tennyson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : embrace
Spanish: abrazar,
German: umarmen,
Japanese: 抱きしめる
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embrace 
c.1300, from O.Fr. embracer "clasp in the arms, enclose," from en- "in" + brace "the arms," from L. bracchium (neut. pl. brachia). Replaced O.E. clyppan, also fæðm.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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