Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embrace"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.]
To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. i.
To join in an embrace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embrace
n 1: the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in
greeting or affection) [syn: {embracing}]
2: the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the
embrace of the sea"
3: a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing
embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" [syn:
{bosom}]
v 1: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have
as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a
wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this
should cover everyone in the group" [syn: {encompass}, {comprehend},
{cover}]
2: hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They
embraced" [syn: {hug}, {bosom}, {squeeze}]
3: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone
and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They
adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: {espouse}, {adopt}, {sweep
up}]
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