embracing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embracing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for embracing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embracing n the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) Synonym(s): embrace, embracing, embracement
From 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. [bd]I embrace these conditions.[b8] [bd]You embrace the occasion.[b8] --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.