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The only weapon that disarms by surrounding you completely.
means To wrap your arms around someone in affection, or to accept an idea, change, or situation wholeheartedly.
from From Old French 'embracer,' built from 'en-' (in, around) plus 'brace' — and the heart of it all is Latin 'bracchium,' meaning 'arm.' So to embrace was quite literally to take someone into your arms. That same 'bracchium' has scattered cousins across the language: a 'brace' that holds things together, the 'bracelet' that rings the arm, even 'pretzel' by a long and twisting road. The word has always known what it meant — arms, around, hold.
- latin root
- From bracchium, meaning arm — to take into both arms
- chemical hit
- A 20-second hug releases oxytocin, the bonding hormone
- survival need
- Touch-deprived orphans showed stunted growth despite full meals
- double meaning
- Same word for hugging a person and accepting an idea
- primate roots
- Apes embrace to reconcile after fights, like we do
embrace tree — two banyan trees in karnataka, india that have grown together forming a natural embrace, located near shravanabelagola
embrace sculpture — bronze sculpture by ray kaskey in philadelphia showing two figures embracing, installed 1987 on jfk boulevard