embraced

em-braced · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *embrace*; held someone closely in one's arms.

  2. 2.

    Accepted or supported something willingly and enthusiastically.

Related words

Antonyms: refused, rejected, shunned
See also: embrace, embracing, hugged
Synonyms: accepted, adopted, clasped, hugged

Etymology

Past tense of embrace, from Old French embracer ("to clasp in the arms"), from en- ("in") + brace ("arms").