imbrace – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of imbrace

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to imbrace
Participle: imbraced
Gerund: imbracing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iimbrace
youimbrace
he;she;itimbraces
weimbrace
youimbrace
theyimbrace

Perfect

Ihave imbraced
youhave imbraced
he;she;ithas imbraced
wehave imbraced
youhave imbraced
theyhave imbraced

Past

Iimbraced
youimbraced
he;she;itimbraced
weimbraced
youimbraced
theyimbraced

Pluperfect

Ihad imbraced
youhad imbraced
he;she;ithad imbraced
wehad imbraced
youhad imbraced
theyhad imbraced

Future

Iwill imbrace
youwill imbrace
he;she;itwill imbrace
wewill imbrace
youwill imbrace
theywill imbrace

Future Perfect

Iwill have imbraced
youwill have imbraced
he;she;itwill have imbraced
wewill have imbraced
youwill have imbraced
theywill have imbraced

Subjunctive

Present

Iimbrace
youimbrace
he;she;itimbrace
weimbrace
youimbrace
theyimbrace

Perfect

Ihave imbraced
youhave imbraced
he;she;ithave imbraced
wehave imbraced
youhave imbraced
theyhave imbraced

Imperfect

Iimbraced
youimbraced
he;she;itimbraced
weimbraced
youimbraced
theyimbraced

Pluperfect

Ihad imbraced
youhad imbraced
he;she;ithad imbraced
wehad imbraced
youhad imbraced
theyhad imbraced

Conditional

Present

Iwould imbrace
youwould imbrace
he;she;itwould imbrace
wewould imbrace
youwould imbrace
theywould imbrace

Perfect

Iwould have imbraced
youwould have imbraced
he;she;itwould have imbraced
wewould have imbraced
youwould have imbraced
theywould have imbraced

Imperative

youimbrace
weLet's imbrace
youimbrace

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam imbracing
youare imbracing
he;she;itis imbracing
weare imbracing
youare imbracing
theyare imbracing

Perfect

Ihave been imbracing
youhave been imbracing
he;she;ithas been imbracing
wehave been imbracing
youhave been imbracing
theyhave been imbracing

Past

Iwas imbracing
youwere imbracing
he;she;itwas imbracing
wewere imbracing
youwere imbracing
theywere imbracing

Pluperfect

Ihad been imbracing
youhad been imbracing
he;she;ithad been imbracing
wehad been imbracing
youhad been imbracing
theyhad been imbracing

Future

Iwill be imbracing
youwill be imbracing
he;she;itwill be imbracing
wewill be imbracing
youwill be imbracing
theywill be imbracing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been imbracing
youwill have been imbracing
he;she;itwill have been imbracing
wewill have been imbracing
youwill have been imbracing
theywill have been imbracing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be imbracing
youwould be imbracing
he;she;itwould be imbracing
wewould be imbracing
youwould be imbracing
theywould be imbracing

Perfect

Iwould have been imbracing
youwould have been imbracing
he;she;itwould have been imbracing
wewould have been imbracing
youwould have been imbracing
theywould have been imbracing

Other

Verbs similar to 'imbrace'

embrace, brace, embace, embrave, imbase, imblaze, imbraid, imbrue, imbrute, ingrace,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • The louer refused of his loue imbraceth death. [poem title] [1557, unknown, “The Louer Refused of His Loue Imbraceth Death”, in Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey et al., edited by Edward Arber, Tottel’s Miscellany. Songes and Sonettes […] (English Reprints; 24), London: [Edward Arber]; Muir & Paterson, printers, […], published 15 August 1870, →OCLC, page 168:]
  • There was no faynting faith in that Dogge, which when his Master by a mischaunce in hunting stumbled and fell toppling downe a deepe dytche beyng vnable to recouer of himselfe, the Dogge signifying his masters mishappe, reskue came, and he was hayled up by a rope, whom the Dogge seeying almost drawne up to the edge of the dytche, cheerefully saluted, leaping and skipping vpon his master as though he would haue imbraced hym, beying glad of his presence, whose longer absence he was lothe to lacke. [1576, Iohannes Caius [i.e., John Caius], “Dogges of a Course Kind Seruing for Many Necessary Uses, Called in Latine Canes Rustici, and First of the Shepherds Dogge, Called in Latine Canis Pastoralis”, in Abraham Fleming, transl., Of Englishe Dogges, the Diuersities, the Names, the Natures, and the Properties. […], imprinted at London: By [John Charlewood for] Rychard Johnes, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed by A. Bradley, […], 1880, →OCLC, page 31:]
  • There with great joyance and with gladsome glee, / Of faire Paeana I received was, / And oft imbrast, as if that I were hee […] [1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
  • The dreames (braue mates) that did beſet my bed, / VVhen ſleepe but nevvly had imbraſt the night, / Commaunds me leaue theſe unrenovvmed beames, […] [1594, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nash[e], The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage: […], London: […] Widdowe Orwin, for Thomas Woodcocke, […], →OCLC, Act IV, signature E2, verso:]
  • I will imbrace him with a ſouldiour's arme, / That he ſhall ſhrinke vnder my curteſie, […] [c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:]
  • And after the vprore was ceaſed, Paul called vnto him the diſciples, and imbraced them, & departed, for to go into Macedonia. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 20:1, column 1:]
  • […] Love, though not wholly blind, as Poets wrong him, yet having but one eye, as being born an Archer aiming, and that eye not the quickeſt in this dark region here below, which is not Loves proper ſphere, partly out of the ſimplicity, and credulity which is native to him, often deceiv'd, imbraces and comforts him with theſe obvious and ſuborned ſtriplings, as if they were his Mothers own Sons, for ſo he thinks them, while they ſuttly keep themſelves moſt on his blind ſide. [1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], chapter VI, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book I, page 14:]
  • Theſe lulld by Nightingales imbraceing ſlept, / And on thir naked limbs the flourie roof / Showrd Roſes, which the Morn, repair'd. [1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 772–774:]
  • Let Ignorance a little while now muſe / On what is ſaid, and let him not refuſe / Good counſel to imbrace, leſt he remain / Still Ignorant of what's the chiefeſt gain. [1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 164:]
  • Thou doſt reduce me when I err; thou ſtayeſt for me when I am dull; thou imbraceſt me when I return; thou teacheſt me when I am ignorant; […] [1686, [formerly attributed to Augustine of Hippo], “The Accusation of Man, and the Commendation and Praise of the Divine Mercy”, in [John Floyd], transl., The Meditations, Soliloquia, and Manual of the Glorious Doctor St. Augustine. Translated into English, London: Printed for Matthew Turner […], →OCLC, page 6:]
  • [I]f a Man can be perſuaded and fully aſſur'd of any thing for a Truth, without having examin'd, what is there that he may not imbrace for Truth; and if he has given himſelf up to believe a Lye, what means is there left to recover one who can be aſſur'd without examining. [a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: Printed by W. B. for A[ugustus] and J[ohn] Churchill […], published 1706, →OCLC, §34, page 105:]