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                    as in hugged
                                                
              
          
                                                      to put one's arms around and press tightly                                       
              
                             upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in wrapped
                                                
              
          
                                                      to surround or cover closely                                       
              
                             the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in adopted
                                                
              
          
                                                      to take for one's own use (something originated by another)                                       
              
                             rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in welcomed
                                                
              
          
                                                      to receive or accept gladly or readily                                       
              
                             the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in included
                                                
              
          
                                                      to have as part of a whole                                       
              
                             a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in surrounded
                                                
              
          
                                                      to form a circle around                                       
              
                             a sleepy village embraced by low hills                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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