Definition of embrace

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Embrace (n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

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Ulotrichi :: Ulotrichi (n. pl.) The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi.
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces..
Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
Passeres :: Passeres (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds..
Embracery :: Embracery (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements..
Embrace :: Embrace (v. i.) To join in an embrace.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.
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..
Colling :: Colling (v. t.) An embrace; dalliance.
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them..
Embracement :: Embracement (n.) Willing acceptance.
Hugger :: Hugger (n.) One who hugs or embraces.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..
Logistics :: Logistics (n.) That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
Embraceor :: Embraceor (n.) One guilty of embracery.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
Sector :: Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector..
Reembrace :: Reembrace (v. i.) To embrace again.
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