adj. 1. 1 broad in scope or content.
Syn. -- all-inclusive, across-the-board, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. bis twice + membrum member. ] (Gram.) Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence. J. W. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + em = en (L. in) + brangle. ] To free from wrangling or litigation. [ Obs. ] Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t. ] To fasten on, as armor. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embraced p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing ] [ OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n. ] 1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. “I embrace these conditions.” “You embrace the occasion.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What is there that he may not embrace for truth? Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed,
Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not that my song, in such a scanty space,
So large a subject fully can embrace. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. “I embrace this fortune patiently.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To join in an embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. [ 1913 Webster ]

We stood tranced in long embraces,
Mixed with kisses. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embrassement. ] 1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Willing acceptance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One guilty of embracery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embraces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [ R. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid. ] 1. To braid up, as hair. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To upbraid. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embranchement. ] The branching forth, as of trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle. ] To confuse; to entangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Embrace. ] An embrace. [ Obs. ] “Our locked embrasures.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin. ] 1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure,
Sat the lovers. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To inspire with bravery. [ Obs. ] Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And with sad cypress seemly it embraves. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To harden. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh. Nash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Relating to a member. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. membranaceus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Same as Membranous. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See Member. ] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of various texture, both in animals and vegetables. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adventitious membrane, a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix. --
Jacob's membrane. See under Retina. --
Mucous membranes (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus. --
Schneiderian membrane. (Anat.) See Schneiderian. --
Serous membranes (Anat.) , the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. membraneus of parchment. ] See Membranous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Membrane + -ferous. ] Having or producing membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Membrane + -form: cf. F. membraniforme. ] Having the form of a membrane or of parchment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Membrane + -logy. ] The science which treats of membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. membraneux. ] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Membranaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Membranous croup (Med.), true croup. See Croup. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To embrace again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to appear once more.
Syn. -- reappear, appear again. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist. ] (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. remembrance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. [ 1913 Webster ]

And on his breast a bloody cross he bore,
The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni&unr_;&unr_;on; instruction. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thee I have heard relating what was done
Ere my remembrance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time. “The remembrancer of the lord treasurer in the exchequer.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. trimembris triplemembered. See Tri-, and Member. ] Having, or consisting of, three members. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of remembrance; forgetfulness. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]