# embrace

Pronunciation: US/UK say "em-BRAYS" /ɛmˈbɹeɪs/; AUS

## Verb

1. To hold someone in your arms with affection; to take in the arms and hug.
   - Simple: To hold someone close in your arms to show love or friendship.
   - _He embraced his old friend warmly when they met again._
   - _Parents often embrace their children before bedtime._
3. To accept or take up something eagerly and gladly; to welcome it.
   - Simple: To accept something gladly and with excitement.
   - _The community embraced the proposed changes with enthusiasm._
   - _Good leaders embrace challenges rather than avoiding them._
5. To enfold or take in ideas, principles, or elements as part of a larger whole; to encompass.
   - Simple: To include or hold different ideas or things together as part of a whole.
   - _The theory embraces several competing explanations at once._
   - _Modern curricula embrace a wide range of disciplines._
6. To surround or enclose something; to encircle and encompass it.
   - Simple: To surround something on all sides.
   - _Mountains embrace the valley on every side._
   - _The harbor's arms embraced the calm waters within._
9. To submit to something and undergo it willingly; to accept what must be endured.
   - Simple: To accept something hard and go through it without fighting it.
   - _He embraced the difficult training without complaint._
   - _Soldiers must embrace the dangers of their duty._

## Noun

2. The act of putting your arms around someone and drawing them close to your chest; a hug.
   - Simple: A hug, or the act of holding someone close in your arms.
   - _He pulled her into a tight embrace as the train departed._
   - _Their embraces grew less frequent as the years passed._
4. Complete acceptance of something, taken up willingly and without reservation.
   - Simple: Full and glad acceptance of something.
   - _The public's embrace of online shopping transformed retail._
   - _His full embrace of the team's values impressed the coach._
7. A surrounding enclosure that partly or fully wraps around someone or something.
   - Simple: A space that surrounds someone or something, all the way around or part way.
   - _The valley lay in the embrace of snow-capped peaks._
   - _Within the bay's embrace, the boats rode out the storm._
8. An act of enfolding or including something within a larger whole.
   - Simple: The act of taking something in to make it part of a group or whole.
   - _The festival's embrace of many cultures drew visitors worldwide._
   - _The policy's embrace of diverse opinions made it widely supported._

## Verb

10. To accept someone as a friend, or to welcome someone's help gladly. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To accept someone as a friend, or to gladly take their help.
11. To fasten armor onto the body; to put on a piece of armor securely. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To put on and fasten a piece of armor onto the body.
12. To attempt to influence a court or jury by corrupt means; to practice embracery. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To try to influence a court or jury in an illegal, dishonest way.

## Origin

The verb comes from Middle English embracen ("to clasp in one's arms"), from Old French embracer, embracier ("to kiss"), from Late Latin *imbracchiāre, formed from in- ("in, within") plus bracchium ("arm"). The noun comes from the verb.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/embrace (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).