EMBRACE
\ɛmbɹˈe͡ɪs], \ɛmbɹˈeɪs], \ɛ_m_b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_s]\
Definitions of EMBRACE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
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the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea"
By Princeton University
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take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
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the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To fasten on, as armor.
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To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
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To cling to; to cherish; to love.
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To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
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To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
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To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
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To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
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To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
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To join in an embrace.
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Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
By Oddity Software
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To fasten on, as armor.
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To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
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To cling to; to cherish; to love.
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To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
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To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
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To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
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To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
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To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
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To join in an embrace.
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Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
By Noah Webster.
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To join in an embrace.
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To hold in the arms, or press to the bosom with affection; hug; cling to; receive with willingness; include; inclose.
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The act of embracing; a clasping in the arms; a hug.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To join in an embrace.
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To take in the arms: to press to the bosom with affection: to take eagerly or willingly: to comprise: to admit or receive.
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An embracing: fond pressure in the arms.
By Daniel Lyons
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The act of embracing; a clasping in the arms; a hug.
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To infold in the arms; clasp; hug; accept; willingly; comprehend; include.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman