Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Given to embracing; caressing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Disposed to
embrace ; fond ofcaressing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whether you are a Native American, follow an earth based tradition, believe in one God, multiple representations of God or No God, you must feel the embracive inclusion.
Mike Ghouse: Rick Perry Has To Prove His Sincerity Mike Ghouse 2011
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But after a few minutes the group relaxed and their warm, embracive spirit was in evidence.
Michael Kaiser: My Trip to Zanzibar Michael Kaiser 2011
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Whether you are a Native American, follow an earth based tradition, believe in one God, multiple representations of God or No God, you must feel the embracive inclusion.
Mike Ghouse: Rick Perry Has To Prove His Sincerity Mike Ghouse 2011
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Whether you are a Native American, follow an earth based tradition, believe in one God, multiple representations of God or No God, you must feel the embracive inclusion.
Mike Ghouse: Rick Perry Has To Prove His Sincerity Mike Ghouse 2011
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Whether you are a Native American, follow an earth based tradition, believe in one God, multiple representations of God or No God, you must feel the embracive inclusion.
Mike Ghouse: Rick Perry Has To Prove His Sincerity Mike Ghouse 2011
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I think Obama's open, embracive, pacifist-like approach is timely with regard to foreign affairs.
Obama Offers Most Extensive Response Yet To Questions About Rev. Wright 2009
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I hope the actual video lives up to expectations and provides some insight into how educators can merge with the cyber-savvy world in a positive and embracive way.
Archive 2008-01-01 Julie Lindsay 2008
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There's also a new embracive nuclear power even by some environmental groups.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To be all-embracive of the whole country, we decided to name this tour "Cheech and Chong, light up America."
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I hope the actual video lives up to expectations and provides some insight into how educators can merge with the cyber-savvy world in a positive and embracive way.
Peering inside the Cyber-Savvy World Julie Lindsay 2008
billprice commented on the word embracive
This word was used in the abstract of this academic paper:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0026-7902.2004.00233.x/abstract
"Here I lay out the issues and argue for a language socialization paradigm for SLA that is consistent with and embracive of the new research."
August 30, 2010