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embracive

adj

Etymology

From embrace + -ive.

  1. derived from *imbracchiāre✻
  2. derived from embracer
  3. inherited from 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”
  4. suffixed as embracive — “embrace + ive”

Definitions

  1. Disposed to embrace, or fond of caressing.

    • Not less kind in her way, though less expansive and embracive, was Madame de Montcontour to my wife, as I found on comparing notes with that young woman, when the day's hospitalities were ended.

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