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embracive

[ em-brey-siv ]
/ ɛmˈbreɪ sɪv /
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adjective
thoroughly embracing or encompassing.
given to embracing or caressing.
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Origin of embracive

First recorded in 1850–55; embrace1 + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM embracive

em·brac·ive·ly, adverb

Words nearby embracive

embowel, embower, embrace, embraceor, embracery, embracive, embranchment, embrangle, embrasure, embrittle, embrittlement
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Words related to embracive

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How to use embracive in a sentence

  • The Bhagavad Gita, however, points out that the methods of yoga are all-embracive.

    Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
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