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embrace

1
[ em-breys ]
/ ɛmˈbreɪs /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR embrace

verb (used with object), em·braced, em·brac·ing.

verb (used without object), em·braced, em·brac·ing.

to join in an embrace.

noun

an act or instance of embracing.

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Origin of embrace

1
1300–50; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French embracier, equivalent to em- em-1 + bracier “to embrace,” derivative of brace “the two arms”; see brace

ANTONYMS FOR embrace

7 exclude.
SEE ANTONYMS FOR embrace

synonym study for embrace

7. See include.

OTHER WORDS FROM embrace

em·brace·a·ble, adjectiveem·brace·ment, nounem·brac·er, nounun·em·brace·a·ble, adjective

Definition for embrace (2 of 2)

embrace2
[ em-breys ]
/ ɛmˈbreɪs /

verb (used with object), em·braced, em·brac·ing.Law.

to attempt to influence (a judge or jury) through corrupt means.

Origin of embrace

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1400–1450; late Middle English: to influence, prejudice, bribe (a jury), perhaps the same word as embrace1, influenced by embrasen to set on fire (<Middle French embraser;see em-1, braise)

OTHER WORDS FROM embrace

em·brac·er, noun
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Words related to embrace

grasp, adopt, receive, welcome, accept, take advantage of, take up, have, espouse, embody, deal with, nuzzle, lock, clinch, fold, wrap, fondle, cradle, cling, entwine

Example sentences from the Web for embrace

British Dictionary definitions for embrace (1 of 2)

embrace1
/ (ɪmˈbreɪs) /

verb (mainly tr)

noun

the act of embracing
(often plural) euphemistic sexual intercourse

Derived forms of embrace

embraceable, adjectiveembracement, nounembracer, noun

Word Origin for embrace

C14: from Old French embracier, from em- + brace a pair of arms, from Latin bracchia arms

British Dictionary definitions for embrace (2 of 2)

embrace2
/ (ɪmˈbreɪs) /

verb

(tr) criminal law to commit or attempt to commit embracery against (a jury, etc)

Word Origin for embrace

C15: back formation from embraceor
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