embraced  /ɛmbr'est/

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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embraced}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Embracing}.] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em-
     (L. in) + F. bras arm. See {Brace}, n.]
     1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms;
        to hug.
  
              I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he
              shall shrink under my courtesy.       --Shak.
  
              Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced
              them.                                 --Acts xx. 1.
  
     2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. --Shak.
  
     3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with
        cordiality; to welcome. ``I embrace these conditions.''
        ``You embrace the occasion.'' --Shak.
  
              What is there that he may not embrace for truth?
                                                    --Locke.
  
     4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
  
              Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between
              the mountain and the stream embraced. --Denham.
  
     5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in;
        as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
  
              Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a
              subject fully can embrace.            --Dryden.