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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Embrace

Embrace (embrace)
v. t.(1913 webster dictionarym*br1913 webster dictionarys")
Em*brace"
v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.]
  1. To fasten on, as armor.
    [Obs.] Spenser.

Embrace

Embrace (embrace)
v. t.
Em*brace"
  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. To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
    Blackstone.

    Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply.

Embrace

Embrace (embrace)
v. i.(?)
Em*brace"
  1. To join in an embrace.

Embrace

Embrace (embrace)
n.
Em*brace"
  1. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

    We stood tranced in long embraces,
    Mixed with kisses.     Tennyson.













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