overembrace
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to embrace too often or to an excessive degree
Etymology
Prefix from English embrace.
Origin
English
embrace
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brace English
- embrace English
- embraceable English
- embracement English
- embraceor English
- embracer English
- embracest English
- embraceth English
- embracive English
- half-embrace English
- reembrace English
- embrasser French
- embracen Middle English
- embracar Ido