Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to embrace
Participle: embraced
Gerund: embracing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | embrace |
| you | embrace |
| he;she;it | embraces |
| we | embrace |
| you | embrace |
| they | embrace |
Perfect
| I | have embraced |
| you | have embraced |
| he;she;it | has embraced |
| we | have embraced |
| you | have embraced |
| they | have embraced |
Past
| I | embraced |
| you | embraced |
| he;she;it | embraced |
| we | embraced |
| you | embraced |
| they | embraced |
Pluperfect
| I | had embraced |
| you | had embraced |
| he;she;it | had embraced |
| we | had embraced |
| you | had embraced |
| they | had embraced |
Future
| I | will embrace |
| you | will embrace |
| he;she;it | will embrace |
| we | will embrace |
| you | will embrace |
| they | will embrace |
Future Perfect
| I | will have embraced |
| you | will have embraced |
| he;she;it | will have embraced |
| we | will have embraced |
| you | will have embraced |
| they | will have embraced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | embrace |
| you | embrace |
| he;she;it | embrace |
| we | embrace |
| you | embrace |
| they | embrace |
Perfect
| I | have embraced |
| you | have embraced |
| he;she;it | have embraced |
| we | have embraced |
| you | have embraced |
| they | have embraced |
Imperfect
| I | embraced |
| you | embraced |
| he;she;it | embraced |
| we | embraced |
| you | embraced |
| they | embraced |
Pluperfect
| I | had embraced |
| you | had embraced |
| he;she;it | had embraced |
| we | had embraced |
| you | had embraced |
| they | had embraced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would embrace |
| you | would embrace |
| he;she;it | would embrace |
| we | would embrace |
| you | would embrace |
| they | would embrace |
Perfect
| I | would have embraced |
| you | would have embraced |
| he;she;it | would have embraced |
| we | would have embraced |
| you | would have embraced |
| they | would have embraced |
Imperative
| you | embrace |
| we | Let's embrace |
| you | embrace |
Verbs conjugated like 'embrace'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'embrace'
embace,
embrave,
imbrace,
brace,
embale,
embase,
emblaze,
embraid,
embrawn,
embrine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- embrace
- hug
- to clasp in the arms with affection
- accoll, amplect, beclip, clip, coll, complect, comply, cwtch, enfold, enhalse, fall on someone's neck, fathom, glomp, halse, hug, infold, oxter, press, squeeze, umbeclap
- hug
- strain, press, clasp, enfold, clinch, squeeze, grip
- accept
- involve, take, adopt, espouse, seize, welcome
- contain
- hold, encircle, enclose, surround, comprehend, comprise, cover, embody
Antonyms
- To accept with cordiality; to seize eagerly.
- acquiesce
- accept
- reject, refuse, decline, deny
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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 *imbracchiāre, from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’)) + bracchium (“arm”). The English word is analysable as em- + brace. The noun is derived from the verb. See: Old French '
embracer', French '
embrasser'.
Verbs referencing "embrace"
Ido embracar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] at first, as other slight circumstances did twice or thrice during my visit, an uncouth noise which was rather painful to hear. But of her teacher touching her lips, she immediately desisted, and embraced her laughingly and affectionately.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘His signs were expressive: and the strictly natural language, laughing, crying, sighing, kissing, embracing, &c., was perfect.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Well, I know pretty well where to, ” said the senator, beginning to put on his boots, with a reflective air; and, stopping when his leg was half in, he embraced his knee with both hands, and seemed to go off in deep meditation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] You know very well how impossible it is to persuade some of the folks in your village that Squire Sinclair does not feel above them. The fact is, though he has fallen on democratic times, and embraced a democratic theory, he is to the heart an aristocrat, as much as my father, who ruled over five or six hundred slaves. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ No. The foolish fellow tore the paper in two, and absolutely refused to leave me. I never had a braver, better fellow,—trusty and true as steel. He embraced Christianity afterwards, and became as gentle as a child. He used to oversee my place on the lake, and did it capitally, too. I lost him the first cholera season. In fact, he laid down his life for [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom thanked her; and the woman, sitting down on the floor, drew up her knees, and embracing them with her arms, looked fixedly before her, with a bitter and painful expression of countenance. Her bonnet fell back, and long wavy streams of black hair fell around her singular and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the good man prayed,—for there are some feelings so agitated and tumultuous, that they can find rest only by being poured into the bosom of Almighty love,—and then, rising up, the new-found family embraced each other, with a holy trust in Him, who from such peril and dangers, and by such unknown ways, had brought them together.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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So very happy. We exchanged vows, we embraced,
(Nosferatu)