EMBRACE, em-br[=a]s', _v.t._ to take in the arms: to press to the bosom
with affection: to take eagerly or willingly: to comprise: to admit, adopt,
or receive.--_v.i._ to join in an embrace.--_n._ an embracing: fond
pressure in the arms.--_ns._ EMBRACE'MENT; EMBRAC'ER.--_adjs._ EMBRAC'ING,
EMBRAC'IVE.--_adv._ EMBRAC'INGLY.--_n._ EMBRAC'INGNESS. [O. Fr. _embracer_
(Fr. _embrasser_)--L. _in_, in, into, _bracchium_, an arm. See BRACE.]
EMBRACE, em-br[=a]s', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to brace, to fasten, or
bind:--_pr.p._ embrac'ing; _pa.p._ embraced'. [_Em_, in, and _brace_.]
EMBRACER, em-br[=a]'ser, _n._ (_law_) one who influences jurors by corrupt
means to deliver a partial verdict--also EMBR[=A]'CEOR, EMBR[=A]'SOR.--_n._
EMBRAC'ERY, the offence of an embracer. [O. Fr. _embraceor_, from
_embraser_, to set on fire.]
EMBRAID, em-br[=a]d', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to braid.
EMBRANCHMENT, em-bransh'ment, _n._ a branching off, as an arm of a river, a
spur of a mountain, &c. [Fr.]
EMBRANGLE, em-brang'gl, IMBRANGLE, im-, _v.t._ to confuse, perplex.--_n._
EMBRAN'GLEMENT. [_Em_, in, and _brangle_.]
EMBRASURE (_Shak._)=EMBRACEMENT.
EMBRASURE, em-br[=a]'zh[=u]r, _n._ a door or window with the sides slanted
on the inside: an opening in a wall for cannon. [Fr.,--O. Fr. _embraser_,
to slope the sides of a window, _em_--L. _in_, _braser_, to skew.]
EMBRAVE, em-br[=a]v', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to make brave or showy, to
decorate: to inspire with bravery.
EMBREAD, _v.t._ (_Spens._) embraid.
EMBREATHE, em-br[=e]_th_', _v.t._ to breathe into, to inspire with. [_En_
and _breathe_.]
EMBROCATE, em'br[=o]-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to moisten and rub, as a sore with a
lotion.--_n._ EMBROC[=A]'TION, act of embrocating: the lotion used. [Low L.
_embroc[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, from Gr. _embroch[=e]_, a lotion--_embrechein_,
to soak in--_em_ (=_en_), in, into, _brechein_, to wet.]