embracedadj.1
In various senses of the verb.
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1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) Ded. 1 Of that most excellente and yet embraced Custome.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. viii. 52 And quicken his embraced heauines. View more context for this quotation
1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. 331 With her own body she protected the embraced bodies of her children.
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embracedadj.2
Heraldry.
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Braced together, tied or bound together.
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