embrace
pronunciation
How to pronounce embrace in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbreɪs]
How to pronounce embrace in American English:
US [ɪmˈbreɪs]
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- Noun:
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
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- Verb:
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hug, usually with fondness
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Word Origin
- embrace
- embrace: [14] To embrace someone is literally to ‘put your arms round’ them. It comes via Old French from Vulgar Latin *imbracchiāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘in’ and Latin bracchium ‘arm’ (ultimate source of English brace, bracelet, and bra, and of French bras ‘arm’). The transferred sense ‘include’ developed in the 17th century (a course also taken by modern French embrasser, whose original ‘clasp in the arms’ has moved on to ‘kiss’ in response to the progression of baiser from ‘kiss’ to ‘have sex with’).=> bra, brace, bracelet
- embrace (v.)
- mid-14c., "clasp in the arms," from Old French embracier (12c., Modern French embrasser) "clasp in the arms, enclose; covet, handle, cope with," from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + brace, braz "the arms," from Latin bracchium (neuter plural brachia); see brace (n.). Related: Embraced; embracing; embraceable. Replaced Old English clyppan (see clip (v.2)), also fæðm (see fathom (v.)). Sexual sense is from 1590s.
- embrace (n.)
- "a hug," 1590s, from embrace (v.). Earlier noun was embracing (late 14c.). Middle English embrace (n.) meant "bribery."
Example
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