Embrace Definition
ĕm-brās
embraced, embraces, embracing
verb
embraced, embraces, embracing
To clasp in the arms, usually as an expression of affection or desire; hug.
Webster's New World
To clasp or hug each other in the arms.
Webster's New World
To encircle; surround; enclose.
An isle embraced by the sea.
Webster's New World
To accept readily; avail oneself of.
To embrace an opportunity.
Webster's New World
To take up or adopt, esp. eagerly or seriously.
To embrace a new profession.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
An embracing; hug.
Webster's New World
An act of holding close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection; a hug.
American Heritage
An enclosure or encirclement.
Caught in the jungle's embrace.
American Heritage
Eager acceptance.
His embrace of socialism.
American Heritage
(metaphorical) Enfolding, including.
Wiktionary
Origin of Embrace
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From Middle English embracen, from Old French embracier, equivalent to em- + brace. Influenced by Middle English umbracen (“to stretch out over, cover, engulf”), from um- (“around”) + bracen (“to brace”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English embracen from Old French embracer en- in en–1 brace the two arms brace
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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