embrace
/ɛmˈbɹes/ verb C1- To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome. · I wholeheartedly embrace the new legislation.· Embrace any opportunities that may come your way.
- To submit to; to undergo.
- To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass. · Natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
He/she/it embraces · Past embraced · Past participle embraced · -ing form embracing
Verb forms
- Base form
- embrace
- He/she/it
- embraces
- Past
- embraced
- Past participle
- embraced
- -ing form
- embracing
From the library
“Will you not embrace me, sir?” said Andrea.
“If you wish it, my son,” said the major; and the two men embraced each other after the fashion of actors on the stage; that is to say, each rested his head on the other’s shoulder.
Ferguson gently disengaged himself from the embrace with some little show of embarrassment.
I embrace you with all my heart.
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