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embrace
English
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English embracen (“to clasp in one's arms, embrace; to reach out eagerly for, welcome; to enfold, entwine; to ensnare, entangle; to twist, wrap around; to gird, put on; to lace; to be in or put into bonds; to put a shield on the arm; to grasp (a shield or spear); to acquire, take hold of; to receive; to undertake; to affect, influence; to incite; to unlawfully influence a jury; to surround; to conceal, cover; to shelter; to protect; to comfort; to comprehend, understand”) [and other forms], from Old French embracer, embracier (“to kiss”) (modern French embrasser (“to kiss; (dated) to embrace, hug”)), from Late Latin *imbracchi?re, from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’)) + bracchium (“arm”). The English word is analysable as em- +? brace.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?b?e?s/, /?m?b?e?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
- Hyphenation: em?brace
Verb
embrace (third-person singular simple present embraces, present participle embracing, simple past and past participle embraced)
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- Synonyms: fall on someone's neck; see also Thesaurus:embrace
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
- Synonym: accept
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- Synonyms: entwine, surround
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To fasten on, as armour.
- (transitive, figuratively, obsolete) To accept (someone) as a friend; to accept (someone's) help gladly.
- (transitive, law, figuratively, obsolete) To attempt to influence (a court, jury, etc.) corruptly; to practise embracery.
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- imbrace (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
embrace (plural embraces)
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
Derived terms
- deadly embrace
- half-embrace
- marital embrace
Translations
Notes
References
Further reading
- embrace (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Verb
embrace
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of embrazar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of embrazar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of embrazar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of embrazar.
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conceive
English
Alternative forms
- conceave (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipi?, concipere (“to take”), from con- (“together”) + capi? (“to take”). Compare deceive, perceive, receive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?si?v/
- Rhymes: -i?v
Verb
conceive (third-person singular simple present conceives, present participle conceiving, simple past and past participle conceived)
- (transitive) To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
- 1606, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare, II-4
- We shall, / As I conceive the journey, be at the Mount / Before you, Lepidus.
- It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
- 1606, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare, II-4
- (transitive) To understand (someone).
- I conceive you.
- You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.
- (intransitive or transitive) To become pregnant (with).
- She hath also conceived a son in her old age.
- To generate or engender; to bring into being.
Related terms
- conceivable
- conceiver
- concept
- conception
Translations
Further reading
- conceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- conceive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle English
Verb
conceive
- Alternative form of conceyven
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