单词 | embracing |
释义 | embracingn.1 The action of embrace v.2 in its various senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing clippingc1230 embracingc1386 halsing1387 collinga1425 amplection1474 embracement1485 culling1490 bracingc1540 clasping1562 embrace1599 embrasure1609 hugging1616 bosoming1624 amplexation1634 embrassade1830 huddling1869 lapping- the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > embracing embracement1535 embracing1570 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋870 To ben a clene widewe, and to eschiewe the embrasynges of men. 14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 113 And all the enbrasyng of the goodly cheyne. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. ii. 26 She shold sytte on the lyfte syde of the kinge for the..enbrasynge of her husbonde. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. i. 112 Thei absteine fro the embrasinges neither of sister ne mother. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 191/1 His nobles..he did allure to ye embrasing of good letters. 1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes i. iii, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 11 Farewell..the kind embracings. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 7 The embracing of the Protestant Religion. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 222 Eager embracings of the Object. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 236 The kind embracings of the heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). embracingn.2 Law. = embracery n. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > influencing or packing jury embracery1450 packa1475 embracing1495 bracery1540 jury-fixing1882 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 25 Preamble Mayntenaunce, embrasyng, champertie and corrupcion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). embracingadj. That encircles, surrounds, or encloses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] circumjacent1490 circumstant1545 circumvoisin1548 environing?a1560 encompassing1571 ambient1572 succingent1578 embracing1590 circling1594 girdling1598 circumdant1600 rounding1600 all round?1611 circumferent1620 circumsistent1625 circuiting1632 circulating1632 encircling1632 surrounding1637 begirting1645 circumambient1648 circumstantial1650 girding1658 skirtingc1735 entwining1737 circumadjacent1780 belting1808 engirdling1843 encyclic1850 engirding1852 zoning1853 roundaboutc1860 begirding1877 wraparound1957 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounding closely or tightly embracing1590 clasping1611 inarming1612 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa6 A Porch..Archt ouer head with an embracing vine. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 28 The Land-imbracing Sea. 1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 98 The all-embracing Divine Being. Derivatives emˈbracingly adv. in an embracing manner: (a) as one or as those who embrace; (b) with wide comprehension, comprehensively. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [adverb] collingly1576 embracingly1825 huggingly1891 1825 Blackwood's Mag. 18 451 'Tween whose soft breasts lie nestling fervent love And maiden modesty embracingly. 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 78 I knelt before her half embracingly. emˈbracingness n. the quality of that which embraces or comprehends; comprehensiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [noun] > comprehensiveness comprehension1614 comprehensiveness1635 comprehensibility1654 embracingness1872 1872 Contemp. Rev. 20 823 The absoluteness which means all-embracingness. 1882 M. Collins Cobwebs III. 151 The wide embracingness of his stern cruelty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1c1386n.21495adj.1590 |
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