Word Finder - embraced

definition

To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

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• fall on someone's neck

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To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.

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I wholeheartedly embrace the new legislation.

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To submit to; to undergo.

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• accept

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To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.

synonyms

• entwine
• surround

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To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.

example

Natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

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To fasten on, as armour.

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To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.

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To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.

They stood embraced for a time.

The pair sat embraced, grieving their lost lives.

A moment later, it melted, and he embraced her.

Strong arms embraced her and their lips met with warm enthusiasm.

I can only imagine other uses you might have embraced, for personal financial enhancement.

In other respects the Cid appears to have used his victory mildly, ruling his kingdom, which now embraced nearly the whole of Valencia and Murcia, for four years with vigour and justice.

He came up the stairs and embraced his sister.

Darlings! old soldiers exclaimed, weeping, as they embraced Cossacks and hussars.

They sat embraced on the sofa.

From the anteroom Berg ran with smooth though impatient steps into the drawing room, where he embraced the count, kissed the hands of Natasha and Sonya, and hastened to inquire after "Mamma's" health.

How would have another embraced this talent?

Jule embraced her, hugging her hard.

She embraced him at the waist.

Suddenly she jumped up onto a tub to be higher than he, embraced him so that both her slender bare arms clasped him above his neck, and, tossing back her hair, kissed him full on the lips.

There was work to be done before the return of this sense of small town peace could to be fully embraced.

This middle kingdom formed a long strip stretching across Europe from the North Sea to Naples, and embraced the whole of the later Netherlands with the exception of the portion on the left bank of the Scheldt, which river was made the boundary of West Francia.

Its southernmost district embraced the west of Switzerland.

He embraced the revolutionary ideas with enthusiasm.

But notwithstanding this, Boris embraced him in a quiet, friendly way and kissed him three times.

He fumbled with the flashlight, nearly dropping it when his arms embraced her.

After a year of zealous work as preacher and director he was sent by the bishop, Claude de Granier, to try and win back the province of Chablais, which had embraced Calvinism when usurped by Bern in 1535, and had retained it even after its restitution to Savoy in 1564.

She was the last heiress of the great house of Canossa, whose fiefs stretched from Mantua across Lombardy, passed the Apennines, included the Tuscan plains, and embraced a portion of the duchy of Spoleto.

Odoric set out on his travels about 1318, and his journeys embraced parts of India, the Malay Archipelago, China and even Tibet, where he was the first European to enter Lhasa, not yet a forbidden city.

The mining industry, for which the town was formerly also famous and which embraced tin, silver and cobalt, has now ceased.

After the conquest a large part of the inhabitants embraced Mahommedanism, and thus secured to themselves the chief share in the administration of the island.

The reputation of the district immediately to the south, embraced in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, was far different.

The Mahratta power grew and prospered till it embraced all western and most of central India.

On the Arab invasion this work was in great danger of perishing at the hands of the iconclastic caliph Omar and his generals, but it was fortunately preserved; and we find it in the 2nd century of the Hegira being paraphrased in Arabic by Abdallah ibn el Mokaffa, a learned Persian who had embraced Islam.

But he entered into no diplomatic compromises; it was his deepest and most solemn conviction that the sacredoracles of Christendom embraced all the ideals of antiquity.

This region, now embraced in the departments of Lozere and Gard, stretches south to include the Aigoual and Esperou groups.

Fortunately, in Kalman Tisza, the leader of the Liberal From the first, Tisza was exposed to the violent attacks of the opposition, which embraced, not only the party of Independence, champions of the principles of 1848, but the so-called National party, led by the brilliant orator Count Albert Apponyi, which aimed at much the same ends but looked upon the Compromise of 1867 as a convenient substructure on which to build up the Magyar state.

In later times the psalms for the encaenia or feast of dedication embraced Ps.

During these later centuries their propaganda embraced all Armenia.

Shortly after the battle of Carabobo (June 24, 1821), by which the power of Spain in this part of the world was broken, Venezuela was united with the federal state of Colombia, which embraced the present Colombia and Ecuador; but the Venezuelans were averse to the Confederation, and an agitation was set on foot in the autumn of 1829 which resulted in the issue of a decree (December 8) by General Paez dissolving the union, and declaring Venezuela a sovereign and independent state.

Joseph Frank (1774-1841), a German professor at Pavia, afterwards of Vienna, the author of an encyclopaedic work on medicine now forgotten, embraced the Brunonian system, though he afterwards introduced some modifications, and transplanted it to Vienna.

His Whig connexions combined with his transatlantic experiences to predispose Lord Edward to sympathize with the doctrines of the French Revolution, which he embraced with ardour when he visited Paris in October 1792.

The first approach is called the Dead Sea, embraced by cliffs 60 ft.

Once I became an atheist I really embraced the ideas that were being taught in my science courses.

He gave his son his hand to kiss, and embraced him.

He finished and, getting up, embraced and kissed Pierre, who, with tears of joy in his eyes, looked round him, not knowing how to answer the congratulations and greetings from acquaintances that met him on all sides.

Before leaving, Napoleon showed favor to the emperor, kings, and princes who had deserved it, reprimanded the kings and princes with whom he was dissatisfied, presented pearls and diamonds of his own--that is, which he had taken from other kings--to the Empress of Austria, and having, as his historian tells us, tenderly embraced the Empress Marie Louise--who regarded him as her husband, though he had left another wife in Paris--left her grieved by the parting which she seemed hardly able to bear.

There are still government crackdowns opposing the very freedoms being embraced.

The company has embraced modern methods of selling coverage by allowing its customers to purchase by phone, online, or from an independent insurance agent.

For women who had spent several years wearing threadbare pajamas or chemises to bed, this was an unheard of opulence, and happily embraced.

They were first seen in America in 1908 and, depending on what stratum you occupied in society, were either embraced or condemned as Parisian.

These retro nylons replaced stockings for many women, but especially the younger set who embraced the mini-dress that was everywhere.

Mac users in particular have embraced LimeWire as one of the only networks available on their operating system.

During the early 80s, the term was shortened to "goth" and a number of bands began to emerge who embraced the goth sub-genre.

Napster legal music downloads are available for a fee, and the major record labels have embraced this new incarnation of the Napster brand name, making it one of their marketing hot spots.

Many younger singers in particular have embraced what has come to be known as the Web 2.0 phenomenon.