Definition of brace

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Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..

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Engender :: Engender (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace..
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces..
Press :: Press (v.) To embrace closely; to hug.
Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
Pax :: Pax (n.) The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches..
Infold :: Infold (v. t.) To clasp with the arms; to embrace.
Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
Clasp :: Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
Comprehend :: Comprehend (v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire..
Brace :: Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
Brace :: Brace (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.
Embracement :: Embracement (n.) Willing acceptance.
Interlock :: Interlock (v. i.) To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly..
Neophyte :: Neophyte (n.) A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism..
Amplexation :: Amplexation (n.) An embrace.
Brace :: Brace (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.
Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..
Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
Counterbrace :: Counterbrace (v. t.) To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another..
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