What is "embrace"

Embrace \Em*brace"\ ([e^]m*br[=a]s"), v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.] To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.]
--Spenser.

Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. i. To join in an embrace.

Embrace \Em*brace"\, n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses.
--Tennyson.

Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced ([e^]m*br[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing ([e^]m*br[=a]"s[i^]ng).] [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. ``I embrace these conditions.'' ``You embrace the occasion.''
   --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.

6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. ``I embrace this fortune patiently.''
   --Shak.

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
   --Blackstone.

   Syn: To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply.

mid-14c., "clasp in the arms," from Old French embracier (12c., Modern French embrasser) "clasp in the arms, enclose; covet, handle, cope with," from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + brace, braz "the arms," from Latin bracchium (neuter plural brachia); see brace (n.). Related: Embraced; embracing; embraceable. Replaced Old English clyppan (see clip (v.2)), also fæðm (see fathom (v.)). Sexual sense is from 1590s.

"a hug," 1590s, from embrace (v.). Earlier noun was embracing (late 14c.). Middle English embrace (n.) meant "bribery."

n. 1 hug (qualifier: noun); putting arms around someone. 2 (qualifier: metaphorical) Enfolding, including. vb. 1 To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. 2 (context obsolete English) To cling to; to cherish; to love. 3 To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. 4 To accept; to undergo; to submit to. 5 To encircle; to encompass; to enclose. 6 (qualifier figurative English) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass. 7 To fasten on, as armour. 8 (context legal English) To attempt to influence (a jury, court, etc.) corruptly.

1. n. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) [syn: embracing]

2. the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea"

3. a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" [syn: bosom]

4. v. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: encompass, comprehend, cover]

5. hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced" [syn: hug, bosom, squeeze]

6. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: espouse, adopt, sweep up]

Embrace was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986 and was one of the first bands to be dubbed in the press as emotional hardcore, though the members had rejected the term since its creation. The band included lead vocalist Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat with three former members of his brother Alec's band The Faith: guitarist Michael Hampton, drummer Ivor Hanson, and bassist Chris Bald. Hampton and Hanson had also previously played together in S.O.A. The only recording released by the quartet was their self-titled album Embrace being influenced by The Faith EP Subject to Change.

Following the breakup of Embrace, MacKaye rejoined former Minor Threat drummer Jeff Nelson to form Egg Hunt. Bald moved on to the band Ignition, and drummer Ivor Hanson paired up with Hampton again in 1992 for Manifesto.

During the band's formative years, some fans started referring to them and fellow innovators Rites of Spring as emocore (emotive hardcore), a term MacKaye publicly disagreed with.

Embrace is the debut album and the only release by the American post-hardcore band Embrace.

The album, an underappreciated treasure in the Dischord catalog, was conceived and recorded in the context of the Revolution Summer by one of its mainstay acts, although it was not released until 1987, after the demise of the movement and the dissolution of the band.

Embrace is the debut album by the Australian band Endorphin, released in early 1998. Shortly after its release, Endorphin was chosen to support Portishead on their April 1998 tour, and then Massive Attack in their June 1998 tour. The album has sold over 15,000 copies worldwide.

Embrace is a public art work by artist Sorel Etrog located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The abstract sculpture is made of bronze; it is installed on a base on the lawn.

EMBRACE (Electronic MultiBeam Radio Astronomy ConcEpt) is a prototype telescope for the phase 2 of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. It's the first dense phased array for radioastronomy in the GHz frequency range (initially planned for covering the 0.5-1.5 GHz, mid-frequency band of SKA). It is composed of two sites, one at the Nançay radio telescope station in France, and one near the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope antennas in Netherlands.

EMBRACE (A European Model for Bioinformatics Research and Community Education) was a project, from year 2005 to 2010, with the objective of drawing together a wide group of experts throughout Europe who are involved in the use of information technology in the biomolecular sciences. The EMBRACE Network have worked to integrate the major databases and software tools in bioinformatics, using existing methods and emerging Grid service technologies.

The integration efforts were driven by a set of test problems representing key issues for bioinformatics service providers and end-user biologists. As a result, groups throughout Europe were able to use the EMBRACE service interfaces for their own local or proprietary data and tools.

EMBRACE made many bioinformatics web services available to the international research community.

The project was run from the EBI in Hinxton, England. Fred Marcus was its EU project coordinator.

The EMBRACE project was funded by the European Commission within its FP6 Programme, under the thematic area "Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health", contract number LHSG-CT-2004-512092.

Embrace is a 2001 novel by South African author Mark Behr.

Embrace is the story of the sexual awakening of Karl De Man, a 13-year-old pupil at the Berg, an exclusive boys' school in South Africa in the 1970s. Karl's time at school is interwoven with descriptions of his time at home with his loving, but traditional, family.

Karl is punished after joining in casual sexual games in the dormitory, Karl falls in love. He simultaneously has an affair with his best friend, Dominic, whose liberal parents know he is gay, and his choirmaster, Jacques Cilliers.

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Embrace is a non profit organization providing low-cost incubators to prevent neonatal deaths in rural areas in developing countries. The organization was developed in 2008 during the multidisciplinary Entrepreneurial Design For Extreme Affordability course at Stanford University by group members Jane Chen, Linus Liang, Rahul Panicker, Razmig Hovaghimian, and Naganand Murty.

In 2015 Embrace became part of Thrive Networks (also called East Meets West) which is a non-governmental organization founded in 1988 by Le Ly Hayslip. Thrive Networks focuses on areas such as health, water, sanitation, and education in various countries throughout the world.

Embrace are an English alternative rock band from Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire. To date they have released six studio albums, one singles album and one B-sides compilation. The band consists of brothers singer Danny McNamara and guitarist Richard McNamara, bassist Steve Firth, keyboardist Mickey Dale and drummer Mike Heaton. The group have released six studio albums – The Good Will Out (1998), Drawn from Memory (2000), If You've Never Been (2001), Out of Nothing (2004), This New Day (2006) and Embrace (2014).

Embrace is the eighth studio album by Japanese electronic/ rock duo Boom Boom Satellites. Released on January 9, 2013, Embrace serves as the band's 15th anniversary release. Songs on the album include their single " Broken Mirror" and the song "Drifter", which was used in Sony's Xperia commercials. The album will also be sold in a deluxe edition that contains a DVD and a USB flash drive. JPU Records released the album in the UK, Europe and Russia on 2 September 2013. The CD version from JPU Records contained an exclusive remix of Snow.

To support the album, BBS are going on both a short pre-release party tour at Club Quattro locations in Shibuya, Tokyo; Umeda, Osaka; and Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture; and on a national tour following the album's release. The band will also livestream the final mastering of the album at New York City's Sterling Sound studio on Nico Nico Douga. The first promotional single from Embrace was a cover of the Beatles' " Helter Skelter", the duo's first ever cover song. This was followed by the release of another digital single of the track "Nine". In addition, album versions of previous promotional singles "Another Perfect Day" (released as a "Movie Edit") and "Drifter" (released as a "test run") are included on Embrace.

On December 29, 2012, the band revealed that, while on a doctor's visit, guitarist and vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima had been diagnosed with the symptoms of a brain tumor. The band decided to set aside January and March 2013 as the time Kawashima could undergo treatment and recover, cancelling 23 of the band's planned stops on their Embrace 2013 Tour.

Embrace is the sixth studio album by Dutch music producer and DJ Armin van Buuren. It was released on 29 October 2015 by Armada Music. The recording was attended among others, by Cosmic Gate, Gavin DeGraw, Hardwell, Eric Vloeimans and Mr. Probz.

NEW:NAME, formerly known as Embrace, is a Danish sister duo consisting of Anilde and Azilda Kaputu. They became the winners of the ninth season of the Danish version of the The X Factor. They received 60% of the public vote and became the second group to win the competition. After they won their winning single Commitment Issues was released on the Music Services. On April 21, they changed their band name to NEW:NAME. On May 20, they released their debut EP called True Story.

Embrace is the eponymously titled sixth studio album by English alternative rock band Embrace. The album, self-produced by Richard McNamara, was released on 25 April 2014 in Friday-release countries and on 28 April 2014 in the United Kingdom by independent record label Cooking Vinyl. The album is the band's first in eight years, after the release of their fifth studio album This New Day in 2006.

It went to number 5 in the UK charts.

Embrace, created with a goal to outdo their debut studio album, the critically acclaimed The Good Will Out, features a return to the band's original form, dropping the post-britpop influenced and commercially accessible sounds of their previous two albums, Out of Nothing and This New Day. Drawn by influences from post-punk bands from the 1970s and 80s, the album is the band's first experimental album, with electronic instruments and sounds and further influences from hard rock music. With the creative process of the album lasting a total of three years of writing and another three years in production, Embrace was recorded at Richard McNamara's self-built Magnetic North Studios in Halifax, England.

The album was lightly promoted by the band and label Cooking Vinyl in the lead-up to its release, with the launch of the album being accompanied by a limited theatrical run of the band's live film '' Magnetic North''. The album's release cycle is reminiscent of the release cycle of The Good Will Out, with full-length extended plays and singles with multiple tracks being released in promotion of the album, a release cycle strategy which would otherwise be an unusual in the digital age of music.

Embrace is a 2016 Australian documentary film directed by Taryn Brumfitt. It concerns women's body image and is a response to surveys showing that 90% of women are "highly dissatisfied" with their bodies. It includes interviews with Mia Freedman, editor of the Australian Cosmopolitan and television talk-show hosts Amanda de Cadenet and Ricki Lake.

The film was screened at the 2016 Sydney Film Festival and New Zealand International Film Festival.

The film was rated MA15+ by the Australian Classification Board, meaning that people under 15 may only view or purchase it when accompanied by an adult guardian. Brumfitt has expressed outrage at this decision, which she points out puts the film into the same category as Fifty Shades of Grey. Facebook is reported to have barred the film's poster on the basis that it shows "excessive skin".