How to pronounce“embrace”in English
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Definitions of “embrace”
To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
“There was no faynting faith in that Dogge, which when his Master by a mischaunce in hunting stumbled and fell toppling downe a deepe dytche beyng vnable to recouer of himselfe, the Dogge signifying his masters mishappe, reskue came, and he was hayled up by a rope, whom the Dogge seeying almost drawne up to the edge of the dytche, cheerefully saluted, leaping and skipping vpon his master as though he would haue imbraced hym, beying glad of his presence, whose longer absence he was lothe to lacke.”
To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
“I wholeheartedly embrace the new legislation.”
An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
“[E]yes, looke your laſt, / Armes take your laſt embrace: and lips, O you / The doores of breath, ſeale with a righteous kiſſe / A dateleſſe bargain to ingroſſing death: […]”
An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
“When he reached the ridge the outlying fog crept across the summit, caught him in its embrace, and wrapped him from her gaze.”
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