| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The act of embracing: clasp, hug, squeeze. Slang : clinch. See TOUCH. | | VERB: | 1. To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly: accept, take (up), welcome. See ACCEPT. 2. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own: adopt, espouse, take on, take up. See ACCEPT, GIVE. 3. To have as a part: comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume, take in. See INCLUDE. 4. To put one's arms around affectionately: clasp, enfold, hold, hug, press, squeeze. Slang : clinch. Archaic : bosom, clip2, embosom. See TOUCH.
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