embrace

English

/ɛmˈbɹeɪs/, /ɛmˈbɹeɪs/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
  • (transitive) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
  • (transitive) To submit to; to undergo.
  • (transitive) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
  • (transitive) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
  • (transitive) To fasten on, as armour.
  • (transitive) To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.
  • (transitive) To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English embracen (influence, grasp, undertake, shelter, protect, lace, twist, affect, put a shield on the arm, take hold of, gird, embrace, understand, acquire, unlawfully influence a jury, conceal, welcome, incite, cover, reach out eagerly for, comfort, put on, entwine, entangle, clasp in one's arms, comprehend, be in put into bonds, surround, enfold, ensnare, wrap around, receive) derived from Old French embracer derived from Latin *imbracchiāre, im- (not) derived from Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (shoulder, upper arm, arm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- (short) prefix from English brace root from Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- (short).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mreǵʰ-

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短

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