dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/emb_MW.json

{
  "Emballonuridae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of insectivorous bats having the face obliquely truncated, no nose leaf, and the tail partly free":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Emballonura , type genus (from Greek emball\u014dn \u2014present participle of emballein to throw in\u2014+ New Latin -ura ) + -idae ; from the loose appearance of the tail":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)em\u02ccbal\u0259\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025150",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "embale":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bale , wrap":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + bale (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em+",
      "\u0259\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004353",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "emball":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": encircle":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + ball (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173424",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "embalm":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to fill with sweet odors : perfume":[],
      ": to fix in a static condition":[],
      ": to protect from decay or oblivion : preserve":[
        "embalm a hero's memory"
      ],
      ": to treat (a dead body) so as to protect from decay":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In June 2020, Jackie Carlisle hired the funeral home to embalm and prepare her mother\u2019s body for a wake, according to a lawsuit Carlisle filed in January. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Deep inside a shaft in the cemetery of Abusir, near Cairo, a team of Egyptian and Czech Egyptologists has found a significant cache of equipment used more than 2,500 years ago to embalm mummies. \u2014 CNN , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Why had there been a seeming rush to embalm the body, without an autopsy",
      "There was this outlaw who died in a shootout with police, and no one came to collect the body, so the guy at the funeral home decided to embalm him and charge admission to see him. \u2014 Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "Ever the enigma, while her choice to embalm may be traditional, her last look will be anything but. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 29 July 2021",
      "But Almereyda, never one to embalm unconventional minds in conventional storytelling, has no interest in a mere recitation of his subject\u2019s accomplishments. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 Aug. 2020",
      "Used to embalm and preserve bodies in morgues, some butchers use formalin to keep meat from going off. \u2014 Julien Chongwang, Quartz Africa , 7 July 2020",
      "None of the bodies had been refrigerated or embalmed . \u2014 USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English embaumen , from Anglo-French enbaumer, enbasmer , from en- + basme balm \u2014 more at balm":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4m",
      "em-",
      "-\u02c8b\u00e4lm",
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m, New England also -\u02c8b\u0227m",
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4(l)m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042444",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embank":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to enclose or confine by an embankment":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1576, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8ba\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015126",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embankment":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a raised structure (as of earth or gravel) used especially to hold back water or to carry a roadway":[],
      ": the action of embanking":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Fire personnel then moved the boy onto an embankment to treat him before he was transported to Cape Cod Hospital, the statement said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
      "The two assailants took off after the shooting, running toward a nearby freeway entrance and then along an embankment on the side of Interstate 5, Andreen said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
      "According to a Facebook post from the City of Ann Arbor Fire Department, one adult was thrown into the Huron river and critically injured while the other was thrown onto an embankment and seriously injured. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Deputies are investigating after a man who was allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer crashed a vehicle down an embankment in Fallbrook, sheriff\u2019s officials said. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "An arriving officer located a Nissan Versa, which crossed the left shoulder and crashed into a snow embankment before ending up on a guardrail. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "The plaintiffs contend the highway expansion felled a cluster of old-growth Douglas Fir trees and turned part of the sacred site into a grass embankment . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "The car, which lost its front right wheel, ended up on a small embankment along a KFC drive-thru on the northeast corner of the intersection. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "Shady Brook Lane will be undergoing concrete work, and embankment work is continuing on North Frontage Road. \u2014 Alyssa Alfano, cleveland , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "in-\u02c8ba\u014bk-m\u0259nt",
      "im-\u02c8ba\u014bk-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dam",
      "dike",
      "head",
      "levee"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165101",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": enclose , imprison":[],
      ": to interrupt or impede (something, such as commerce) by an embargo":[],
      ": to put a stop to by legal means : bar":[
        "embar a claim"
      ],
      ": to stop, check, or hinder by or as if by enclosing with bars: such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English enbarren , from Middle French embarrer , from em- en- entry 1 + barre bar":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em+",
      "\u0259\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230855",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "embarcadero":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a landing place especially on an inland waterway":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Stop by the embarcadero to see whether a tour is departing, or reserve a private guide through a hotel concierge. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "There was one other theme to Sunday\u2019s races, which started near Spanish Landing, featured a hilly bike climb to Cabrillo National Monument and a run along the embarcadero to Seaport Village. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from embarcado , past participle of embarcar to embark, from em- (from Latin in- ) + barca bark, from Late Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)em-\u02ccb\u00e4r-k\u0259-\u02c8der-(\u02cc)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124633",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embargo":{
    "antonyms":[
      "prescription"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a legal prohibition on commerce":[
        "a trade embargo"
      ],
      ": an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation":[],
      ": an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports":[],
      ": to place an embargo on":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "For its part, the UAE has added to the chaos in the region with its support of anti-government forces in Libya in violation of a United Nations arms embargo . \u2014 William Hartung, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
      "Russia will no doubt suffer more over time \u2014 its economy will shrink by nearly 10 percent this year, economists predict, and a European Union embargo on most imports of Russian oil will take effect in December. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
      "On Friday, the European Union formally agreed to a partial embargo on crude oil imports of Russian oil. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 3 June 2022",
      "In other energy news, European Union leaders agreed this week to impose a partial embargo of Russian oil. \u2014 Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "The European Union's latest sanction package that includes a partial oil embargo against Russia drew applause from Ukraine and mixed reviews from energy analysts Tuesday. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
      "The data came as the EU adopted a partial embargo on Russian crude and refined oil products, which could give energy prices\u2014a main culprit in the inflation jump\u2014a fresh boost. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
      "Robert Habeck was referring to a deadlock that the European Union's leaders are struggling to break, regarding a potential embargo on Russian oil. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 30 May 2022",
      "Its foreign ministers discussed a potential embargo in Brussels on Monday. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 20 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "After Russia\u2019s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky and countless ordinary Ukrainians entreated Europe to embargo Russian energy, which has long been central to European economies. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "This week, European Union leaders agreed to embargo most Russian oil imports to members of the trading bloc by year-end. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 1 June 2022",
      "Zelensky said more nations should embargo Russian oil and block its banks, and foreign companies should pull out of Russia. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 24 May 2022",
      "At the same time, Hungary is blocking an E.U. plan to embargo imports of Russian oil. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "More than two months into Russia's war on Ukraine, the European Union on Wednesday announced plans to embargo Russian oil, its biggest economic sacrifice yet to stifle the Russian economy and President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 5 May 2022",
      "But the conflict is also a war against NATO, given Ukraine\u2019s position as an applicant, NATO\u2019s military support for Ukraine, and NATO\u2019s willingness to embargo Russian products and cut off Russian energy. \u2014 Seth Cropsey, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The government has resisted pressure to preemptively embargo Russian energy supplies, as the United States has done, saying that an immediate end to imports would wreak havoc on the German economy. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "With resurgent post-Covid demand and US plans to embargo Russian crude imports, global prices will likely continue to climb. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1755, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, from embargar to bar, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricare , from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra bar":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u014d, em-",
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4r-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4r-g\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ban",
      "interdict",
      "interdiction",
      "prohibition",
      "proscription",
      "veto"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021651",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embark":{
    "antonyms":[
      "conclude",
      "end",
      "finish",
      "terminate"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to go on board (a boat, an airplane, etc.)":[],
      ": to engage, enlist, or invest in an enterprise":[],
      ": to go on board a vehicle for transportation":[
        "the troops embarked at noon"
      ],
      ": to make a start":[
        "embarked on a new career"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The troops are waiting to embark .",
      "Millions of Europeans embarked for America in the late 19th century.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Best known for her Retinol Reform product, Darden recommends her clients embark on a minimal but effective home-care regime to keep the skin barrier strong and healthy, while treating any concerns. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
      "In a meeting on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping said that the country will embark on an infrastructure spending spree to increase domestic demand and promote growth. \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Since starting in 2016, REACH has helped more than 150 young people embark on hundreds of wilderness experiences. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "The Akron duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will embark on a 32-date North American tour that includes a stop at Blossom Music Center on Sept. 9, reports Troy Smith. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "When all the factors come together, a kind of snowball effect can occur that allows the film to embark on a long and intense journey. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The difference is the difference between deciding whether to duck when a bullet is speeding toward your head and deciding whether to embark on a long, costly war with uncertain benefits. \u2014 WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Fans also got a sneak peek at some of the other dates that Echard will embark on this season. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "When a heartless wrangler plans to capture Spirit and his herd, Lucky and her new friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue the horse that forever changed her life. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French embarquer , from Old Occitan embarcar , from em- (from Latin in- ) + barca bark":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4rk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "begin",
      "commence",
      "enter (into ",
      "fall (to)",
      "get off",
      "kick off",
      "launch",
      "lead off",
      "open",
      "start",
      "strike (into)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232946",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embark (on":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to begin (a journey)":[
        "They embarked on their trip to America with high hopes."
      ],
      ": to begin (something that will take a long time or happen for a long time)":[
        "She's embarking on a new career.",
        "The company has embarked upon a risky new project."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103212",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "embark (on ":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      ": to begin (a journey)",
      ": to begin (something that will take a long time or happen for a long time)"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191154",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "embarrass":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": hinder , impede":[],
      ": to become anxiously self-conscious":[
        "he embarrasses easily"
      ],
      ": to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress":[
        "bawdy stories embarrassed him"
      ],
      ": to hamper the movement of":[],
      ": to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part)":[
        "digestion embarrassed by overeating"
      ],
      ": to involve in financial difficulties":[],
      ": to make intricate : complicate":[],
      ": to place in doubt, perplexity , or difficulties":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Unexpected laughter embarrassed the speaker.",
      "She's worried about embarrassing herself in front of such a large audience.",
      "I would never do anything to embarrass my family.",
      "The protest was staged as a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bill was also opposed by Mr. Netanyahu, who normally votes to support settlers but marshaled the opposition to vote against it in an attempt to embarrass the government and force it to collapse. \u2014 Dov Lieber, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
      "But the hard-line opposition, comprised heavily of settler supporters, paradoxically voted against the bill in order to embarrass Bennett. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "But the hard-line opposition, comprised heavily of settler supporters, paradoxically voted against the bill in order to embarrass the government. \u2014 Ilan Ben Zion, ajc , 20 June 2022",
      "But the hard-line opposition, comprised heavily of settler supporters, paradoxically voted against the bill in order to embarrass Bennett. \u2014 Josef Federman, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 June 2022",
      "How much abuse was enough for Manny\u2019s bank to get past not wanting to embarrass the judge",
      "Once a rising star in Pennsylvania politics, Kane resigned as attorney general after being convicted in 2016 of perjury, obstruction and other counts for leaking grand jury material to embarrass a rival prosecutor. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
      "There are times when the NBA can embarrass Donald T. Sterling, who can\u2019t be embarrassed. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
      "That should launch this nearly three-ton electric brick to 60 mph in about 3.3 seconds (C/D estimate), quick enough to embarrass any Tesla Model Y and Model X owners. \u2014 Car and Driver , 28 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1578, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French embarrasser , from Spanish embarazar , from Portuguese embara\u00e7ar , from em- (from Latin in- ) + bara\u00e7a noose":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8ber-\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8ba-r\u0259s",
      "im-\u02c8bar-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embarrass embarrass , discomfit , abash , disconcert , rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action. the question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion. hecklers discomfited the speaker abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority. abashed by her swift and cutting retort disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy. disconcerted by finding so many in attendance rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment. rattled by all the television cameras",
    "synonyms":[
      "abash",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "discomfit",
      "disconcert",
      "discountenance",
      "faze",
      "fluster",
      "mortify",
      "nonplus",
      "rattle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045637",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embarrassed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": feeling or showing a state of self-conscious confusion and distress":[
        "I've never been so embarrassed in my life.",
        "was too embarrassed to ask for help",
        "an embarrassed smile"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "My mother is super embarrassed about having her friends and relatives who will be invited to the shower see this registry. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
      "Too often Mayfield said a young person is embarrassed about their inability to read well or not at all. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Adults are often embarrassed about asking for help. \u2014 Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "But there\u2019s another thing going on: radio is embarrassed about the word radio. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "The space where the nonprofit operates is only accessible through a separate external door, so that workers don\u2019t have to feel embarrassed about requesting help. \u2014 Nick Romeo, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Agentowicz, who returned for 20 starts among 26 games in 2019-20 and 24 starts in 2020-21, is not embarrassed about being the oldest player on the team. \u2014 Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com , 19 Dec. 2021",
      "Some actors with horror movie credits can be a little embarrassed about dabbling in the genre. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "There\u2019s nothing to be embarrassed about in showing what has been addressed. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 13 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1756, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8ba-r\u0259st",
      "im-\u02c8ber-\u0259st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041137",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "embarrassment":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an excessive quantity from which to select":[
        "\u2014 used especially in the phrase embarrassment of riches"
      ],
      ": confusion or disturbance of mind":[
        "couldn't hide her embarrassment"
      ],
      ": difficulty arising from the want of money to pay debts":[],
      ": difficulty in functioning as a result of disease":[
        "cardiac embarrassment"
      ],
      ": something that embarrasses":[
        "the scandal was a major embarrassment"
      ],
      ": the state of being embarrassed : such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She couldn't hide her embarrassment .",
      "The scandal was a major embarrassment for the government.",
      "He's an embarrassment to his family.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Republicans know better than to boost taxes, but their pre-Covid record on spending was an embarrassment . \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
      "The arrests are an embarrassment for Patriot Front, experts told USA TODAY. \u2014 Will Carless, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
      "The deputy gangs were an embarrassment and, increasingly, a matter of urgent concern to civilian leadership. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "And that\u2019s what Sunday\u2019s performance was, an embarrassment . \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
      "Legion Field dogs, in the end, were an embarrassment to the city. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "No matter the reason, these delays are an embarrassment for a chancellor who promised more support for Ukraine and whose voters expect it. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Whatever the case, the loss of one of the biggest warships since World War II has been an embarrassment for Russia. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "And Schr\u00f6der has become an increasing embarrassment to his party and much of the country as Russia has waged its new offensive in Ukraine. \u2014 Loveday Morris And Amy Cheng, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bar-\u0259-sm\u0259nt",
      "im-\u02c8ber-\u0259s-m\u0259nt",
      "im-\u02c8ber-\u0259-sm\u0259nt",
      "-\u02c8ba-r\u0259s-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abashment",
      "confusion",
      "discomfiture",
      "disconcertment",
      "fluster",
      "mortification"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054313",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embayment":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bay or a conformation resembling a bay":[],
      ": formation of a bay":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The refuge is just above the Sauty Creek embayment on TVA\u2019s Guntersville Reservoir, 7 miles west of Scottsboro in Jackson County. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
      "Those are: Baker\u2019s Creek embayment at Wheeler Reservoir in Morgan County \u2013 Do not eat any species due to presence of PFOs. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
      "The explorers paddled down the western side of the Door Peninsula into an embayment and river system teeming with wild rice, wild celery, waterfowl, beavers and fish \u2014 lots and lots of fish. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "The Tonto wends into a huge, red-walled embayment , called the Inferno, and our view \u2014 while stirring \u2014 holds distressingly steady. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2021",
      "The town's prime spot on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, provides a glorious stretch of white-sanded beach with virtually no crowds. \u2014 Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "In many places, ice shelves attach to the land along the sides of an embayment , providing some anchoring that slows their forward motion. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 26 Aug. 2020",
      "As recently as 2014, geological consensus held that the Mississippi began flowing through the embayment around 20 million years ago. \u2014 Dean Kilnkenberg, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "Green Bay, a massive embayment on the lake\u2019s west shore, is shallow and fertile, and offers some of the best smallmouth bass and muskie fishing in the country. \u2014 Steve Quinn, Outdoor Life , 18 June 2020"
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      "1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163322",
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  "embed":{
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      "uproot"
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      ": to attach (a journalist) to a military unit for the purpose of covering a conflict":[
        "Ever since the American-led invasion of Iraq last year, when hundreds of journalists were embedded with military units, people in media circles have been debating whether journalists lose their professional detachment under such circumstances and begin to identify too closely with the troops they are covering.",
        "\u2014 Robert D. Kaplan"
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      ": to attach (someone) to a group (such as a military unit or government agency) for the purpose of advising, training, or treating its members":[
        "Implementation of the plan to embed behavior specialists at the brigade level will result in 50 positions being staffed between now and 2013.",
        "\u2014 Philip Grey",
        "Dr. Dawdy \u2026 is one of the more unusual relief workers among the thousands who have come to the devastated expanses of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She is officially embedded with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a liaison to the state's historic preservation office.",
        "\u2014 John Schwartz"
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      ": to insert (a media file, such as a graphic, video, or audio clip) into a computer document (as on a website or in an email)":[
        "Marketers embed advertisements in subscription mailing-list messages to reach target audiences.",
        "\u2014 Matthew Mills",
        "The company \u2026 lets users embed video and audio attachments in E-mail messages.",
        "\u2014 Matt Richtel"
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      ": to make something an integral part of":[
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      "embed a post in concrete",
      "the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The company plans to use the money to embed its software platform within hospital service lines and specialties. \u2014 Casey Ross And Katie Palmer, STAT , 23 June 2022",
      "Please don\u2019t embed links in text; just copy and paste the URL above or below your song; otherwise the Empress ends up with garble. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "The Web, initially a medium for scientific publishing and collaboration, made publishing online vastly easier by allowing users to embed images within text and to provide easy-to-follow links between different documents. \u2014 Ethan Zuckerman, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "Why were those important to embed in the album\u2019s DNA",
      "Find your way to an ecosystem and embed yourself there. \u2014 Davis Bell, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "According to Andrew Lynch, Co-Founder and COO of Huckletree, which builds workspaces for innovative startups, the best VCs embed themselves within local ecosystems and use their position to help forge connections across the wider market. \u2014 Kjartan Rist, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "And one of the best ways to monitor product impact is to embed impact data collection and measurement in the product itself. \u2014 Ariane Bucaille, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "Some of his proposals include potentially charging websites a fee to quote or embed tweets from verified accounts. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 12 May 2022"
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      "circa 1794, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044548",
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details : enhance":[
        "embellished our account of the trip"
      ],
      ": to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate":[
        "a book embellished with illustrations"
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      "a book embellished with colorful illustrations",
      "He embellished his speech with a few quotations.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss- , stem of embelir , from en- + bel beautiful \u2014 more at beauty":""
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      "im-\u02c8be-lish"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
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      ": to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details : enhance":[
        "embellished our account of the trip"
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      ": to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate":[
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      "a book embellished with colorful illustrations",
      "He embellished his speech with a few quotations.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss- , stem of embelir , from en- + bel beautiful \u2014 more at beauty":""
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      "im-\u02c8be-lish"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
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        "embellished our account of the trip"
      ],
      ": to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate":[
        "a book embellished with illustrations"
      ]
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      "a book embellished with colorful illustrations",
      "He embellished his speech with a few quotations.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss- , stem of embelir , from en- + bel beautiful \u2014 more at beauty":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
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      "a book embellished with colorful illustrations",
      "He embellished his speech with a few quotations.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In advance of the floral extravaganza, local residents gussy up their front yards while businesses, condos, apartments and schools embellish their storefronts and facades to prepare to welcome off-island visitors. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "But the film becomes murkier in seeking to identify motives for Cline's actions, either in his personality or religious beliefs, while relying upon creepy music and camera angles to unnecessarily embellish the material. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
      "Golden images of mythical gods and creatures embellish the ceiling, holding staffs, blowing horns, and spreading their wings. \u2014 Matthew Healey, BostonGlobe.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Alabama State Senator Tim Melson, R-Florence, an anesthesiologist who championed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana last year, also accused James of trying to embellish the law to create a political wedge issue in the governor\u2019s race. \u2014 al , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "POOL/REUTERS Presidents typically embellish their achievements during their State of the Union addresses, but President Biden\u2019s pose as a budget deficit hawk is one for the ages. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Pomellato More than 750 diamonds totaling 15.30 carats embellish the 18-karat white gold of the La Gioia Sabbia Tie Chain; $90,500, at Pomellato, Beverly Hills Tiffany & Co. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Those clients are looking to reduce leaks and therefore losses, and embellish their environmental bona fides. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "But in the first or second sentence, his mind would be seized by an image (jaunty, visual, arresting), and pretty soon the seductive analogy would take over the story altogether, hijacking the news report that it was intended merely to embellish . \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021"
    ],
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss- , stem of embelir , from en- + bel beautiful \u2014 more at beauty":""
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embellish adorn , decorate , ornament , embellish , beautify , deck , garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself. a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design. decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament. embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness. will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness. a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food. an entr\u00e9e garnished with parsley",
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      "a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs",
      "the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jack Harlow kept things chic in a minimalist head-to-toe black Givenchy look, while Lil Nas X went baroque, taking his affinity for embellishment to new heights in Balmain\u2019s pearl-encrusted suit. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Outfits where some embellishment is added to your blouse or jacket in the form of a pin, necklace, dressy buttons or handbag may be appropriate. \u2014 Stephanie (stifel) Coughlan, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "The bride wore a strapless gown with a full skirt and an intricate floral embellishment just below the waist. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 3 June 2022",
      "Rosal\u00eda\u2019s custom Met Gala outfit hit all the hallmarks of a Gilded Age gown: heavily structured corset, cascade of ruffles and embellishment , and off-the-shoulder sleeves with plenty of volume. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
      "Best Actress nominee Jessica Chastain and Best Supporting Actor nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee didn\u2019t shy away from color or embellishment . \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Keep the accessories and embellishment minimal for maximum sophistication. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The Craft: In the 1990s, Heller began experimenting with stiffening thin silk fabrics and collaging onto the surfaces, keeping a transparency and using lightweight papers layered, and often stitching as embellishment . \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The King Richard nominee\u2019s gorgeous tangerine Atelier Versace gown called out for fantastic gemstones as the perfect embellishment , making Irene Neuwirth, who excels in beautiful color mixes, an ideal choice. \u2014 Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022"
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      "1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181040",
    "type":[
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    "examples":[
      "He was caught embezzling money from his clients.",
      "He was convicted of embezzling .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The allegations came to light in 2018 when Ericsson auditors began scrutinizing suspicious expense reports filed by one of its Iraq managers who had used the same supplier, SLS, to embezzle $308,000, the internal report said. \u2014 Greg Miller And Louisa Loveluck, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "A month later, the pair was sued for allegedly using the split to embezzle money and have since faced a slew of other legal controversies, after he was accused of defrauding other clients. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "A month later, the pair were sued for allegedly using the split to embezzle money and have since faced a slew of other legal controversies. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "That investigation has led to charges against 15 of the bank\u2019s former officers, employees, and customers alleging a scheme to embezzle million of dollars by issuing bad loans with little or no collateral and falsifying records to cover it up. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Luna and his mother, Alma Yanira Meza Olivares, also allegedly put in motion a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars from the prison system and were stealing pandemic relief supplies and then re-selling them to the government. \u2014 Christopher Sherman, ajc , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Beck, the longtime player in Georgia GOP politics, lied to close friends and a cousin to drag them into his scheme to embezzle more than $2 million from Georgia Underwriting Association. \u2014 Joshua Sharpe, ajc , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Beck ran a scheme to embezzle money from GUA from February 2013 through August 2018, the indictment says. \u2014 Kate Brumback, ajc , 12 July 2021",
      "Beck ran a scheme to embezzle money from GUA from February 2013 through August 2018, the indictment says. \u2014 Kate Brumback, Star Tribune , 12 July 2021"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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  "embitter":{
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    "definitions":{
      ": to excite bitter feelings in":[
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      "The soldier was embittered by the war.",
      "the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To an extent not seen in a century, America\u2019s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting \u2014 an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country\u2019s politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "In other words, impeachment embittered both sides \u2014and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas. \u2014 Tom Benning, Dallas News , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "While work can form a core part of a person\u2019s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter . \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
      "Being close to death, rather than embittering them against their enemies or inflating them with a sense of superiority, lent the Moltkes a greater moral clarity. \u2014 Mary Spencer, National Review , 29 Feb. 2020",
      "The women \u2014 all of whom had been fervent Patrick supporters \u2014 came away from their tenure embittered by the experience and stunned the governor did not stand up for equal pay. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Though the Trump administration says its details are ironed out and ready to be presented, there\u2019s no buy-in from the Palestinians, who have been systematically sidelined and embittered by Trump\u2019s staunchly pro-Israel approach. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "Hamilton, whose role as the embittered , emotionally battered and relentlessly badass mother of future-savior-of-humanity John Connor set a high bar for future action-movie heroines, pretty-much pooh-poohs the idea of a career revival. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 4 Sep. 2019"
    ],
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bi-t\u0259r"
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      "empoison",
      "envenom"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231940",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to excite bitter feelings in":[
        "embittered by divorce"
      ],
      ": to make bitter":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The soldier was embittered by the war.",
      "the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To an extent not seen in a century, America\u2019s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting \u2014 an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country\u2019s politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "In other words, impeachment embittered both sides \u2014and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas. \u2014 Tom Benning, Dallas News , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "While work can form a core part of a person\u2019s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter . \u2014 Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2020",
      "Being close to death, rather than embittering them against their enemies or inflating them with a sense of superiority, lent the Moltkes a greater moral clarity. \u2014 Mary Spencer, National Review , 29 Feb. 2020",
      "The women \u2014 all of whom had been fervent Patrick supporters \u2014 came away from their tenure embittered by the experience and stunned the governor did not stand up for equal pay. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Dec. 2019",
      "Though the Trump administration says its details are ironed out and ready to be presented, there\u2019s no buy-in from the Palestinians, who have been systematically sidelined and embittered by Trump\u2019s staunchly pro-Israel approach. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
      "Hamilton, whose role as the embittered , emotionally battered and relentlessly badass mother of future-savior-of-humanity John Connor set a high bar for future action-movie heroines, pretty-much pooh-poohs the idea of a career revival. \u2014 Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com , 4 Sep. 2019"
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      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bi-t\u0259r"
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      "empoison",
      "envenom"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080100",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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      ": one that embitters":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "|\u0259r\u0259(r)"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010428",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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      "blemish",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "mar",
      "scar",
      "spoil"
    ],
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      ": emblazon sense 1":[],
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        "with gems and golden luster rich emblazed",
        "\u2014 John Milton"
      ],
      ": to illuminate especially by a blaze":[],
      ": to set ablaze":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
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      "en- + blaze to blazon":"Verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bl\u0101z"
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      "array",
      "beautify",
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      "bedizen",
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      "deck",
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      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emboss",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
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      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193723",
    "type":[
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": one that emblazes":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-z\u0259(r)"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163806",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": celebrate , extol":[
        "have his \u2026 deeds emblazoned by a poet",
        "\u2014 Thomas Nash"
      ],
      ": to inscribe (something, such as heraldic bearings) on a surface":[],
      ": to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices":[]
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      "colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In November, the Singapore and Hong Kong\u2013headquartered exchange inked a $700 million deal to emblazon its name on the former Staples Center\u2014home to the NBA\u2019s Los Angeles Lakers (James\u2019s team) and Clippers. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Many also donated a few bucks to emblazon a message across the stream \u2014 typically some jab Tyler couldn\u2019t ignore. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "This weekend, their efforts culminated in 16-plus hours of painting by six artists and more than 100 volunteers, who flocked to Essex Street to dip brushes and rollers into bright paints and emblazon their message onto the asphalt. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 July 2021",
      "Dust loves me now, along with leaflets, plastic bags, anything unattached, anything looking for somewhere to stop, something to emblazon . \u2014 Monica Youn, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
      "Many residents of the city reacted angrily to his comment on its conduct of elections, while a few chose to emblazon the remark on T-shirts as a humorous declaration of civic toughness. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 6 Nov. 2020",
      "Many street artists risk their lives to emblazon interstate exits and train cars with their work, while gallery hopefuls may toil their entire lives to reach the kind of audiences that billboard designers take for granted. \u2014 John Wenzel, The Know , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Its trucks, emblazoned with the company\u2019s mustachioed mascot, mostly serve downtown office districts in the U.S. Northeast, where the virus has hit the hardest. \u2014 Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ , 28 May 2020",
      "His chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was seen aboard Air Force One wearing a mask emblazoned with the presidential seal. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bl\u0101-z\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "bless",
      "carol",
      "celebrate",
      "exalt",
      "extol",
      "extoll",
      "glorify",
      "hymn",
      "laud",
      "magnify",
      "praise",
      "resound"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092704",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": emblazoned figures : brilliant decoration":[],
      ": the act or art of emblazoning":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bl\u0101-z\u1d4an-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115436",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": a device, symbol, or figure adopted and used as an identifying mark":[],
      ": a picture with a motto or set of verses intended as a moral lesson":[],
      ": a symbolic object used as a heraldic device":[],
      ": an object or the figure of an object symbolizing and suggesting another object or an idea":[],
      ": emblematize":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The flag is the emblem of our nation.",
      "He has come to be regarded as an emblem of conservatism.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Camera-toting tourists dressed in plaid shorts and short-sleeve jerseys hold the hands of young children in sandals, and silently \u2014 almost solemnly \u2014 pause before the searing emblem of an era. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "The original emblem was a single red shield with a stag head, meant to reflect Dunbar's Scottish family crest, GM said. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 1 June 2022",
      "Perhaps the most striking emblem of collaboration is Michigan Central Station. \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Fortune , 1 June 2022",
      "The attention to detail \u2014 down to the Hawkins High emblem and creepy black vines from the Upside Down \u2014 on each component not only tells a small part of the Stranger Things story but serves as a playful, creative vessel for each shade. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 26 May 2022",
      "The Boat Tail subverts the signature Pantheon grille with an unexpected twist on the imposing emblem . \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
      "When the fluorescents come on, any eye would be magnetized to the beloved, fiery red 1964 Ferrari 250LM parked behind a crisp, silver 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 with that famous three-point emblem adorned on the hood. \u2014 Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
      "Kardashian wore a black mini dress with a Virgin Mary emblem and black veil earlier in the weekend. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 23 May 2022",
      "As People pointed out, Kim wore a variation of the dress back in 2017, which featured the same emblem . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 22 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "In 2015, the court held that Texas need not place a Sons of Confederate Veterans emblem on its license plates, despite offering a commemorative program allowing private groups to sponsor tags. \u2014 Jess Bravin, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1584, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French & New Latin; Middle French embleme \"symbolic image typically accompanied by a motto and a verse exposition (books of which constituted a literary genre in the Renaissance),\" borrowed from New Latin embl\u0113mat-, embl\u0113ma, going back to Latin, \"inlaid pavement, inlaid relief on the inside of a metal bowl or other vessel,\" borrowed from Greek embl\u0113mat-, \u00e9mbl\u0113ma \"something inserted (as a shaft into a spearhead), relief ornament decorating silver plate,\" from embl\u0113-, stem in noun derivation of emb\u00e1llein \"to drop or place in, throw into, insert,\" from em-, variant of en- en- entry 2 before a labial + b\u00e1llein \"to reach by throwing, cast, strike, put, place\" \u2014 more at devil entry 1":"Noun",
      "derivative of emblem entry 1":"Verb"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-bl\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "hallmark",
      "impresa",
      "logo",
      "symbol",
      "totem",
      "trademark"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072326",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a featured picture or ornament in mosaic work used frequently by the ancients for decorating pavement or wall":[],
      ": separate ornament done in relief and often in precious metal that was attached as decoration (as to a ship or piece of furniture) especially by the ancient Romans":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-lem\u0259",
      "em\u02c8bl\u0113m\u0259",
      "-l\u0101m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011002",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "emblematic":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nonsymbolic"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or constituting an emblem : symbolic , representative":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the dove is emblematic of the organization's mission to bring some peace to a troubled world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Activists and legal experts point to the case of Anastasio Hern\u00e1ndez-Rojas, who was fatally beaten and shot with a Taser in 2010 while being deported to Mexico, as being emblematic of what\u2019s at stake. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "But the shift is emblematic of an indecisiveness that underlines almost everything Loot tries to do. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
      "Shipley says that the film is emblematic of Safe Space\u2019s mission to amplify projects with the potential for significant, positive impact. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 21 June 2022",
      "Such incidents, Patricia said, are emblematic of a recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, which rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
      "These two new organizations are emblematic of the maturing of the freelance economy. \u2014 Jon Younger, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "The outcome came as little surprise to political observers, who said that while Shellenberger and Schubert made strategic flubs, the scope of their defeats is emblematic of the uphill slog independents face competing against the partisan grain. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
      "Even after Hong Kong\u2019s retrocession to Chinese control in 1997, the right to protest the Tiananmen Square massacre was emblematic of the greater freedom of speech and civil liberties that citizens of the city enjoyed. \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
      "The arrival of McDonald\u2019s\u2014an iconic symbol of American capitalism\u2014in the Soviet Union was emblematic of a wider thaw in Soviet-American tensions. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1645, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin embl\u0113maticus, from embl\u0113mat-, embl\u0113ma emblem entry 1 + -icus -ic entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccem-bl\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "representational",
      "representative",
      "symbolic",
      "symbolical"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211703",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "emblematical":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nonsymbolic"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or constituting an emblem : symbolic , representative":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the dove is emblematic of the organization's mission to bring some peace to a troubled world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Activists and legal experts point to the case of Anastasio Hern\u00e1ndez-Rojas, who was fatally beaten and shot with a Taser in 2010 while being deported to Mexico, as being emblematic of what\u2019s at stake. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
      "But the shift is emblematic of an indecisiveness that underlines almost everything Loot tries to do. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
      "Shipley says that the film is emblematic of Safe Space\u2019s mission to amplify projects with the potential for significant, positive impact. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 21 June 2022",
      "Such incidents, Patricia said, are emblematic of a recent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, which rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022",
      "These two new organizations are emblematic of the maturing of the freelance economy. \u2014 Jon Younger, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "The outcome came as little surprise to political observers, who said that while Shellenberger and Schubert made strategic flubs, the scope of their defeats is emblematic of the uphill slog independents face competing against the partisan grain. \u2014 Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
      "Even after Hong Kong\u2019s retrocession to Chinese control in 1997, the right to protest the Tiananmen Square massacre was emblematic of the greater freedom of speech and civil liberties that citizens of the city enjoyed. \u2014 Michael Saul Garber, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
      "The arrival of McDonald\u2019s\u2014an iconic symbol of American capitalism\u2014in the Soviet Union was emblematic of a wider thaw in Soviet-American tensions. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1645, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin embl\u0113maticus, from embl\u0113mat-, embl\u0113ma emblem entry 1 + -icus -ic entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccem-bl\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "representational",
      "representative",
      "symbolic",
      "symbolical"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001255",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a writer, designer, or inventor of emblems":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "emblematist from Latin emblemat-, emblema + English -ist; emblemist from emblem entry 1 + -ist":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em\u02c8blem\u0259t\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202958",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "emblematize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to represent by or as if by an emblem : symbolize":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the burned-out church emblematizes how the religious strife has destroyed that nation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The trolley question is meant to emblematize tough decision-making for the purpose of moral deliberation; programming morality into our vehicles is a matter of deeper, almost mystical complexity. \u2014 Betsy Morais, Longreads , 13 June 2018",
      "The guests began to introduce themselves and deliver their tales of woe, each one seemingly handpicked to emblematize a different failure of the ACA. \u2014 Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine , 14 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1615, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "emblemat(ic) + -ize":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em-\u02c8ble-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "represent",
      "symbolize"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134541",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "emblements":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": crops from annual cultivation legally belonging to the tenant":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English emblayment , from Anglo-French emblaement , from emblaer to sow with grain, from en- + ble\u00e9 grain, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English bl\u00e6d fruit, growth, leaf \u2014 more at blade":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-bl\u0259-m\u0259ns",
      "\u02c8em-bl\u0259-m\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130110",
    "type":[
      "noun plural",
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "emblic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an East Indian tree ( Phyllanthus emblica ) used with other myrobalans for tanning":[],
      ": the fruit of emblic":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin emblica , from Arabic amlaj , from Persian \u0101mlah":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8emblik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212758",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "emblossom":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cover or adorn with blossoms":[
        "trees emblossomed by the warmth of spring"
      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + blossom (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em+",
      "\u0259\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200400",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "embodier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to become a body or part of a body : incorporate":[],
      ": to deprive of spirituality":[],
      ": to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate":[],
      ": to make concrete and perceptible":[],
      ": to represent in human or animal form : personify":[
        "men who greatly embodied the idealism of American life",
        "\u2014 A. M. Schlesinger born 1917"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The legislature embodied a revenue provision in the new law.",
      "they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cronin said both Sharpe and Walker embody the mentality the franchise is looking for. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
      "So, dig deep, ask some tough questions and allow your firm to truly embody what drives you forward as a lawyer and as an entrepreneur. \u2014 Alice Stephenson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The calming blue color captures the spirit of the relaxing waves while the splashes of red embody the luxe atmosphere, which is known for being a playground for the rich and famous. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
      "Sandra Bloodworth, who heads the program that chooses art for the public transit system, said Cave's mosaics embody the experience commuters should have. \u2014 Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
      "Biographies necessarily reveal the ways even the most brilliant and accomplished subjects embody the contradictions and confusions of the rest of humanity. \u2014 Cathy Curtis, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Dana Walden, chairman of entertainment at Walt Disney Television, told Variety that the Kardashians embody Hulu\u2019s programming strategy. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Perhaps the best and most troubling proof of this proposition is in the realm of nuclear weapons\u2014which embody all the properties of high-risk technological systems. \u2014 Zia Mian, Scientific American , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Rotman loves how the Cavs embody the city\u2019s spirit. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "assimilate",
      "co-opt",
      "incorporate",
      "integrate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113248",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embodiment":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that embodies something":[
        "the embodiment of all our hopes"
      ],
      ": the act of embodying : the state of being embodied":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She's the embodiment of all our hopes.",
      "Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to Altman, Isabella is the embodiment of that mission. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
      "Be prepared to be the embodiment of the man who effortly exudes the unconditional joy of life. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s what Feyi needed, someone who would be the embodiment of being alive, even through their work. \u2014 Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
      "To them, Ming\u2019s was the embodiment of their father\u2019s American Dream - the reason their family had been afforded so many opportunities. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
      "These folks are the true embodiment of ride-or-die energy. \u2014 Glamour , 27 May 2022",
      "Abbott, cut from the \u201870s character actor mold, is a riveting embodiment of Kevin\u2019s high-strung unpredictable energy, while Carmichael holds the screen as the somber Val. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Moms are the true embodiment of \u2018non-stop\u2019 because the work never ends. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 3 May 2022",
      "Mary considered the option for her junior prom (where, in a perfect embodiment of the Gen Z paradox, one classmate showed up in a bin bag to protest throwaway fashion, while another spent hundreds on a dress unlikely ever to be worn again). \u2014 Fedora Abu, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4-di-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abstract",
      "avatar",
      "embodier",
      "epitome",
      "externalization",
      "genius",
      "icon",
      "ikon",
      "image",
      "incarnation",
      "incorporation",
      "instantiation",
      "manifestation",
      "objectification",
      "personification",
      "personifier"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025922",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embody":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to become a body or part of a body : incorporate":[],
      ": to deprive of spirituality":[],
      ": to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate":[],
      ": to make concrete and perceptible":[],
      ": to represent in human or animal form : personify":[
        "men who greatly embodied the idealism of American life",
        "\u2014 A. M. Schlesinger born 1917"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The legislature embodied a revenue provision in the new law.",
      "they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cronin said both Sharpe and Walker embody the mentality the franchise is looking for. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
      "So, dig deep, ask some tough questions and allow your firm to truly embody what drives you forward as a lawyer and as an entrepreneur. \u2014 Alice Stephenson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "The calming blue color captures the spirit of the relaxing waves while the splashes of red embody the luxe atmosphere, which is known for being a playground for the rich and famous. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
      "Sandra Bloodworth, who heads the program that chooses art for the public transit system, said Cave's mosaics embody the experience commuters should have. \u2014 Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
      "Biographies necessarily reveal the ways even the most brilliant and accomplished subjects embody the contradictions and confusions of the rest of humanity. \u2014 Cathy Curtis, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Dana Walden, chairman of entertainment at Walt Disney Television, told Variety that the Kardashians embody Hulu\u2019s programming strategy. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Perhaps the best and most troubling proof of this proposition is in the realm of nuclear weapons\u2014which embody all the properties of high-risk technological systems. \u2014 Zia Mian, Scientific American , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Rotman loves how the Cavs embody the city\u2019s spirit. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "assimilate",
      "co-opt",
      "incorporate",
      "integrate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181130",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embolden":{
    "antonyms":[
      "daunt",
      "discourage",
      "dishearten",
      "dispirit"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to impart boldness or courage to : to instill with boldness, courage, or resolution enough to overcome timidity or misgiving":[
        "Great leaders embolden the rest of us to rise to our highest potentialities, to be active, insistent and resolute in affirming our own sense of things.",
        "\u2014 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.",
        "\u2026 being near her twin did seem to embolden her, to loosen her tongue.",
        "\u2014 John Updike",
        "\u2026 other voices too timid to speak in class are often emboldened by the different and more protected role an online conversation provides.",
        "\u2014 Richard A. Lanham"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One of the more subtle ways that companies embolden bullies is by giving them a light verbal warning and not taking any corrective action. \u2014 Heidi Lynne Kurter, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "Pointing to instances in which states have deemed certain contraceptive methods as abortifacients, or substances that can induce abortions, Sandusky said the decision will embolden more of those kinds of state policies. \u2014 Meryl Kornfield, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "One legal analyst, Joshua Ritter, a former prosecutor, now a defense lawyer and partner with the Los Angeles firm Werksman Jackson & Quinn, predicted the verdict would embolden other accusers with old allegations. \u2014 Brian Melley, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
      "But in today\u2019s GOP, Irvin would find himself under attack for such criticism and, indeed, might embolden Bailey\u2019s candidacy. \u2014 Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
      "The former secretary stressed that any negotiations that seek to appease Russia will only embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin with future ambitions. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 18 June 2022",
      "Spirituality, folklore and often Christianity have served to stabilize, embolden and preserve Black Americans through the ages. \u2014 Nyeema C. Harris, Scientific American , 17 June 2022",
      "Kallas said her concern is that any peace talks that take place before Russian troops are defeated would entrench Russian gains, handing President Vladimir Putin a win that could embolden him to embark on fresh conquests in the future. \u2014 Liz Sly, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Does our fear of being called antisemites ensure and embolden Israel to continue its atrocities against Palestinians"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u014dl-d\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embolden encourage , inspirit , hearten , embolden mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose. encourage suggests the raising of one's confidence especially by an external agency. the teacher's praise encouraged the students to greater efforts inspirit , somewhat literary, implies instilling life, energy, courage, or vigor into something. patriots inspirited the people to resist hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal. a hospital patient heartened by good news embolden implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctance. emboldened by her first success, she tried an even more difficult climb",
    "synonyms":[
      "bear up",
      "buck up",
      "buoy (up)",
      "cheer (up)",
      "chirk (up)",
      "encourage",
      "hearten",
      "inspire",
      "inspirit",
      "steel"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215914",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "emboldened":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unadventurous",
      "unenterprising"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": made bold or bolder : instilled with boldness, courage, or resolution":[
        "\"This is the way it's gonna be,\" Stoddard announced. He had reason to feel emboldened . So far, Tom Murphy and Dan Burke had backed his every decision.",
        "\u2014 Ken Auletta",
        "If the participant moves toward the creature, it avoids contact. But if the person doesn't move, the emboldened sprite edges closer and finally lands on an outstretched hand.",
        "\u2014 Ivars Peterson"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1569, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u014dl-d\u0259nd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adventuresome",
      "adventurous",
      "audacious",
      "bold",
      "daring",
      "dashing",
      "enterprising",
      "free-swinging",
      "gutsy",
      "hardy",
      "nerved",
      "nervy",
      "venturesome",
      "venturous"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201649",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "embolomerous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having both centrum and intercentrum present and pierced for passage of the persistent notochord : diplospondylic":[
        "\u2014 used of the vertebrae of various primitive fishes and amphibians"
      ],
      ": having embolomerous vertebrae":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary embol- + -merous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112542",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "embolus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an abnormal particle (such as an air bubble) circulating in the blood \u2014 compare thrombus":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The surgeon removed the cement embolus and repaired the man\u2019s right atrium. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Out of the next 83 Covid-19 patients Fowkes\u2019 team autopsied, only one had died from a pulmonary embolus . \u2014 Emma Yasinski Undark, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Oct. 2020",
      "Spider intromitta are called palpal organs, and each is tipped with a hard structure called an embolus . \u2014 Emily Willingham, Wired , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "New England\u2019s David Andrews, hospitalized with blood clot, will need time before possible safe return Andrews is the third NFL lineman to have a scare from a pulmonary embolus . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Aug. 2019",
      "There are different types and causes of pulmonary embolus . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2019",
      "Bengals guard Chris Boling announced his retirement this month due to a pulmonary embolus discovered after last season. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 July 2019",
      "Her symptoms seemed to suggest a possible blood clot but with an IVC filter in place, the likelihood of her having a dangerous pulmonary embolus , or blockage, was quite low. \u2014 Philly.com , 24 June 2018",
      "Mueller, William \u2014 March 2, 1928: Mueller, a motor policeman, died of an embolus while investigating a hit-and-run accident. \u2014 Indianapolis Star , 6 July 2014"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek embolos wedge-shaped object, stopper, from emballein":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-b\u0259-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035821",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embonpoint":{
    "antonyms":[
      "leanness",
      "reediness",
      "slenderness",
      "slimness",
      "svelteness",
      "thinness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plumpness of person : stoutness":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "clothes for women who may be inclined to embonpoint but who still want to look stylish",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The pop of a Krispy Kreme sign and the tan embonpoint / Of Scotch bottles after customs to caress. \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 10 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1670, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Middle French, from en bon point in good condition":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4\u207f-b\u014d\u207f-\u02c8pwa\u207f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adiposity",
      "chubbiness",
      "corpulence",
      "corpulency",
      "fat",
      "fatness",
      "fattiness",
      "fleshiness",
      "grossness",
      "obesity",
      "plumpness",
      "portliness",
      "pudginess",
      "pursiness",
      "rotundity",
      "weight"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065859",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "emborder":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to enclose with a border : edge":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + border (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104129",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "embosk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to shroud or conceal especially with plants or greenery":[
        "the summerhouse all embosked with vines"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + bosk":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em+",
      "\u0259\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194620",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "embosom":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to shelter closely : enclose":[
        "his house embosomed in the grove",
        "\u2014 Alexander Pope"
      ],
      ": to take into or place in the bosom":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bu\u0307-z\u0259m",
      "also -\u02c8b\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bosom",
      "bower",
      "circumfuse",
      "cocoon",
      "embower",
      "embrace",
      "enclose",
      "inclose",
      "encompass",
      "enfold",
      "enshroud",
      "enswathe",
      "envelop",
      "enwrap",
      "invest",
      "involve",
      "lap",
      "mantle",
      "muffle",
      "shroud",
      "swathe",
      "veil",
      "wrap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003136",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "emboss":{
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "mar",
      "scar",
      "spoil"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": adorn , embellish":[],
      ": to drive (a hunted animal) to bay or to exhaustion":[],
      ": to raise in relief from a surface":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English embosen , from Middle French embocer , from en- + boce boss":"Verb",
      "Middle English embosen to become exhausted from being hunted, ultimately from Anglo-French bois woods":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8b\u00e4s",
      "-\u02c8b\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adorn",
      "array",
      "beautify",
      "bedeck",
      "bedizen",
      "blazon",
      "caparison",
      "deck",
      "decorate",
      "do",
      "do up",
      "doll up",
      "drape",
      "dress",
      "embellish",
      "emblaze",
      "enrich",
      "fancify",
      "fancy up",
      "festoon",
      "garnish",
      "glitz (up)",
      "grace",
      "gussy up",
      "ornament",
      "pretty (up)",
      "trim"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060628",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embower":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to shelter or enclose in or as if in a bower":[
        "like a rose embowered in its own green leaves",
        "\u2014 P. B. Shelley"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lush tree canopies embower the houses in greenery and create a park-like landscape that draws together the different styles. \u2014 Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com , 3 June 2019",
      "This tiny room is embowered with floral tributes, fruit offerings, et cetera. \u2014 Laura Regensdorf, Vogue , 16 Nov. 2018",
      "Lucy brought her own touch to Bryan\u2019s rambling country house in the Sussex countryside, embowered in magical gardens created by Clough Williams-Ellis in the years following the First World War. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 25 July 2018",
      "Once way out in the woods, reached only by wagon road from Seattle, today Denny Park is the only place left in the neighborhood where the public can enjoy such an intact canopy of big trees embowering open ground. \u2014 Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times , 21 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1580, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bau\u0307(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bosom",
      "bower",
      "circumfuse",
      "cocoon",
      "embosom",
      "embrace",
      "enclose",
      "inclose",
      "encompass",
      "enfold",
      "enshroud",
      "enswathe",
      "envelop",
      "enwrap",
      "invest",
      "involve",
      "lap",
      "mantle",
      "muffle",
      "shroud",
      "swathe",
      "veil",
      "wrap"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015940",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embox":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to enclose in or as if in a box":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + box (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130409",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "embr":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "embroidered":[],
      "embryo ; embryology":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112528",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ]
  },
  "embrace":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a close encircling with the arms and pressure to the chest especially as a sign of affection : hug":[],
      ": acceptance":[
        "her embrace of new ideas"
      ],
      ": cherish , love":[],
      ": encircle , enclose":[],
      ": grip , encirclement":[
        "in the embrace of terror"
      ],
      ": to avail oneself of : welcome":[
        "embraced the opportunity to study further"
      ],
      ": to be equal or equivalent to":[
        "his assets embraced $10"
      ],
      ": to clasp in the arms : hug":[],
      ": to participate in an embrace":[],
      ": to take in or include as a part, item, or element of a more inclusive whole":[
        "charity embraces all acts that contribute to human welfare"
      ],
      ": to take up especially readily or gladly":[
        "embrace a cause"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They embraced one last time before going their separate ways.",
      "a politician who has been embraced by conservatives",
      "Charity embraces all acts of generous giving.",
      "It's a subject that embraces many areas of learning.",
      "Noun",
      "He held her in a warm embrace .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "According to Forrester, companies that embrace revenue operations enjoy 19% faster growth and 15% more profits. \u2014 Mike Dickerson, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Leaders who embrace their fears and talk with their teams about them are more likely to make their employees feel safe, creative, and committed to solving whatever problems the company may face. \u2014 Edward Sullivan, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
      "Other large states such as California have adopted standards that embrace the science of climate change, leading to a divide. \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
      "The design team doubled down on stylish selections, like cabinets in Farrow & Ball Off Black, that embrace the tinier footprint. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 June 2022",
      "Trader Joe\u2019s is one of the buzzy brands like Starbucks and REI that have positioned themselves as companies that embrace purpose, diversity, and sustainability. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
      "The architectural firm of Frank L. Hope and Associates was commissioned to design the building, but the firm\u2019s vision of a simple, symmetrical, ultra-modern building that would embrace Balboa Park from within wasn\u2019t what city leaders had in mind. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "Proponents of rooftop solar and home batteries also note that Hawaii does not have lots of cheap, open land needed for large solar and wind farms \u2014 a position that Hawaiian Electric, which locals call HECO, came to embrace . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "While the future of both the metaverse and NFTs remains unclear, arguably all the more so for the latter after a crypto market crash this month, some say there is real potential for celebrities who embrace virtual gatherings and products. \u2014 Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The duo alternates between listless poses and precise bursts of synchronized movement: folkish prancing, slapstick pratfalls, belligerent lunges and swipes, moments of sensual embrace that slip away. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "With web3 being closely tied to crypto in more ways than one, the market continues to dictate people's levels of embrace in the sector. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "Zahn McClarnon, having a well-deserved and long overdue moment of industry embrace , plays Joe Leaphorn, a police officer working the Navajo tribal beat in what seems to be 1970, or thereabouts. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the bravery of the Ukrainians now fighting the Russians underlines the idiocy of Trump's embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin and also of his efforts to hold back military aid to the Ukrainians. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 28 May 2022",
      "Her nipples hardened thinking of that embrace , and her breasts ached. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "As teammate after Bruins teammate reached his side, that right arm went around for a hug, a postgame line of embrace that said so much. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "Many noted that the reality star, who is often upheld as a symbol of society's embrace of curves following an era that celebrated pencil-thin bodies, was praising the very diet culture activists have attempted to abolish. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 4 May 2022",
      "Horniacek is one of many online crypto sleuths that track NFTs as celebrities, companies, political candidates and members of the public embrace the latest cryptocurrency phenomenon. \u2014 Laura Romero, ABC News , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French embracer , from en- + brace pair of arms \u2014 more at brace entry 2":"Verb"
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      "im-\u02c8br\u0101s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embrace Verb adopt , embrace , espouse mean to take an opinion, policy, or practice as one's own. adopt implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's nature. forced to adopt new policies embrace implies a ready or happy acceptance. embraced the customs of their new homeland espouse adds an implication of close attachment to a cause and a sharing of its fortunes. espoused the cause of women's rights include , comprehend , embrace , involve mean to contain within as part of the whole. include suggests the containment of something as a constituent, component, or subordinate part of a larger whole. the price of dinner includes dessert comprehend implies that something comes within the scope of a statement or definition. his system comprehends all history embrace implies a gathering of separate items within a whole. her faith embraces both Christian and non-Christian beliefs involve suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence. the new job involves a lot of detail",
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      ": one guilty of embracery":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Anglo-French embraseour , from embraser to set on fire, from en- + brase, brese live coals, from Old French breze \u2014 more at braise":""
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      "im-\u02c8br\u0101-s\u0259r"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122224",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": disposed to embrace":[],
      ": inclusive , comprehensive":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "\u201cpickle\u201d is an embracive term for any kind of food preserved in brine or vinegar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The idea of beauty can be embracive and still leave difference intact. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "European host countries know that Turkish officials\u2019 embracive approach toward their expatriates resonate well with members of the Turkish diasporic community because of Turks\u2019 feelings of isolation and marginalization in their host countries. \u2014 Ayca Arkilic, Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u0101-siv"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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      "all-embracing",
      "all-in",
      "all-inclusive",
      "broad-gauge",
      "broad-gauged",
      "compendious",
      "complete",
      "comprehensive",
      "cover-all",
      "cyclopedic",
      "encyclopedic",
      "exhaustive",
      "full",
      "global",
      "in-depth",
      "inclusive",
      "omnibus",
      "panoramic",
      "thorough",
      "universal"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005259",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": embroil":[]
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      "it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1664, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- + brangle (squabble)":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bra\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bog (down)",
      "broil",
      "embroil",
      "mire"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051135",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  },
  "embrittled":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to become brittle":[],
      ": to make brittle":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And hydrogen can embrittle steel pipelines unless that is mitigated by altering operating conditions or incorporating expensive alloys. \u2014 Michael E. Webber, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8bri-t\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051919",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to elaborate on : embellish":[
        "embroider a story"
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      ": to form with needlework":[],
      ": to make embroidery":[],
      ": to ornament with needlework":[],
      ": to provide embellishments : elaborate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She embroidered tiny flowers on the baby's scarf.",
      "a scarf embroidered with tiny flowers",
      "He is known to embroider the truth about his service in the army.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Sometimes, the vyshyvanka\u2019s embroidery can signify health, happiness, good luck, while each piece can take weeks to even months to embroider . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Growing up in Canton in the 1950s, Maria Kaczaniuk embraced her Ukrainian heritage, learning to embroider traditional dresses and pillows, dance in the Ukrainian style and cook Ukrainian food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Brohi transformed the Women's Literacy and Skills Development centers into embroidery centers in each village where women learned how to embroider , how to earn an income and how to lead within their families. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Each coat takes a team of two to embroider with Swarovski crystals. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Dongre takes special pride in the women who intricately embroider and hand-paint her designs. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "One of the most worthwhile is the Tiny Pricks Project, in which people take direct quotations from Trump and embroider them. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "In a subsequent number, flags from the various cultures that embroider Washington Heights proudly decorate the scene as residents sing until their power is restored. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of Middle English embroderen , from Anglo-French embrouder , from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "embellish",
      "exaggerate",
      "hyperbolize",
      "magnify",
      "pad",
      "stretch"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011113",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  "embroidered":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ornamented with embroidery":[
        "an embroidered floral pattern",
        "Women wear their petticoats and embroidered dresses with funky sunglasses; men wear flares or knickerbockers.",
        "\u2014 Miles Bredin"
      ],
      ": ornamented with or formed by decorative needlework":[
        "an embroidered floral pattern",
        "Women wear their petticoats and embroidered dresses with funky sunglasses; men wear flares or knickerbockers.",
        "\u2014 Miles Bredin"
      ]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1576, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163342",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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  "embroideress":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d(\u0259)r\u0259\u0307s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041318",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to elaborate on : embellish":[
        "embroider a story"
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      ": to form with needlework":[],
      ": to make embroidery":[],
      ": to ornament with needlework":[],
      ": to provide embellishments : elaborate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She embroidered tiny flowers on the baby's scarf.",
      "a scarf embroidered with tiny flowers",
      "He is known to embroider the truth about his service in the army.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the nature of such risky stage business, the playful interludes are hit or miss: Stunts are arranged to draw audience members into the play, which embroider the carnival atmosphere but feel a bit halfhearted. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "Sometimes, the vyshyvanka\u2019s embroidery can signify health, happiness, good luck, while each piece can take weeks to even months to embroider . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Growing up in Canton in the 1950s, Maria Kaczaniuk embraced her Ukrainian heritage, learning to embroider traditional dresses and pillows, dance in the Ukrainian style and cook Ukrainian food. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Brohi transformed the Women's Literacy and Skills Development centers into embroidery centers in each village where women learned how to embroider , how to earn an income and how to lead within their families. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Each coat takes a team of two to embroider with Swarovski crystals. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Dongre takes special pride in the women who intricately embroider and hand-paint her designs. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "One of the most worthwhile is the Tiny Pricks Project, in which people take direct quotations from Trump and embroider them. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "In a subsequent number, flags from the various cultures that embroider Washington Heights proudly decorate the scene as residents sing until their power is restored. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of Middle English embroderen , from Anglo-French embrouder , from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristle":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "color",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "embellish",
      "exaggerate",
      "hyperbolize",
      "magnify",
      "pad",
      "stretch"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031423",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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  },
  "embroidery":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a design or decoration formed by or as if by embroidery":[],
      ": an object decorated with embroidery":[],
      ": elaboration by use of decorative and often fictitious detail":[],
      ": something pleasing or desirable but unimportant":[
        "considered the humanities mere educational embroidery"
      ],
      ": the art or process of forming decorative designs with hand or machine needlework":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "She learned embroidery from her grandmother.",
      "His stories about his travels include a good deal of embroidery .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And don\u2019t forget the numerous trims and detailing like eyelet, lace, embroidery , and smocking to really keep things noteworthy. \u2014 Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
      "Looks were decorated with naive embroidery , tiny patches or childlike doodles. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 19 June 2022",
      "With great attention to detail, the Summer 2022 collection revels in raw-edged knits, HTG\u00ae embroidery , and graphic tees that all have a refined, vintage feel. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Art objects, including quilting, knitting, crocheting, embroidery , needlework, basket weaving, ceramics and glassblowing, were historically relegated to low art made predominantly by women. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Synonymous with high quality, this luxury machine offers embroidery , quilting and standard sewing capabilities. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 22 May 2022",
      "The heaviness of the floral embroidery and abundance of silk made movement slow and deliberate\u2014ideal for, say, sitting still in a Joseon courtyard. \u2014 Vogue , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Plus, the bottom of the dress is trimmed with embroidery as well as a slit in the front. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
      "For this special ceremony, Amrit wore a nude lace saree with all-over sequin embroidery by Seema Gujral. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d(\u0259-)r\u0113",
      "im-\u02c8br\u022fi-d\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "needlework"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060419",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embroidery hoop":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of two hoops fitting snugly one over the other for holding fabric taut while embroidering":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235319",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embroil":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to involve in conflict or difficulties":[
        "embroiled in controversy"
      ],
      ": to throw into disorder or confusion":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "His stand on this issue has embroiled him in controversy.",
      "The new drug has been embroiled in controversy.",
      "They were embroiled in a complicated lawsuit.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But a severe weather forecast for the weekend could embroil travel plans. \u2014 Christine Chung, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "For resellers, failing to weed out even one fake item can embroil them in a costly and damaging legal battle. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 21 May 2022",
      "Two Bay Area lawmakers are leaders in the movement to not embroil the U.S. military in needless conflict. \u2014 Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Several art world professionals were similarly gun-shy, citing the experience of the estate\u2019s authentication committee and their fear that publicly weighing in could embroil them in a lawsuit with the paintings\u2019 current owners. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Last week, Joe Biden tactlessly admitted that a minor incursion might embroil the U.S. in a fight with its allies about whether to do anything at all. \u2014 WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "But Turley and Goldsmith both pointed out that prosecuting Bannon could embroil the department in partisan politics. \u2014 David Rohde, The New Yorker , 27 Oct. 2021",
      "That same conversation will embroil coaches and programs in the playoff hunt, bringing unwanted distractions and attention as coaches preach the importance of remaining focused on the task at hand. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2021",
      "Bin Laden later put a post-facto gloss on the strategic failure of 9/11 by dressing it up as a great success and claiming the attacks were a fiendishly clever plot to embroil the US in costly wars in the Middle East. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French embrouiller , from Middle French, from en- + brouiller to jumble, from Old French brooilier , from Vulgar Latin *brodiculare \u2014 more at broil":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u022fi(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bog (down)",
      "broil",
      "embrangle",
      "mire"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061937",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embrown":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": darken":[],
      ": to cause to turn brown":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8brau\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082851",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "embryo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a beginning or undeveloped state of something":[
        "productions seen in embryo during their out-of-town tryout period",
        "\u2014 Henry Hewes"
      ],
      ": a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching":[],
      ": something as yet undeveloped":[],
      ": the young sporophyte of a seed plant usually comprising a rudimentary plant with plumule, radicle, and cotyledons":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This resilience in the embryo has taken some by surprise. \u2014 Laura Hercher, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "The third writer in the series, Blaire Ostler, also builds a case for multiple divinities on Latter-day Saint theology that all humans are gods in embryo . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "Under the law, a fertilized egg, embryo or fetus does not have protected individual rights. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "The measure prohibits abortions once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo . \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
      "The Texas Supreme Court ruled that state medical licensing officials play no role in the enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act, known as SB 8, which bars abortions as soon as cardiac activity is detected in an embryo . \u2014 Jacob Gershman, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Senate Bill 1503 prohibits abortions once early cardiac activity is detected in an embryo or fetus, which is typically around six weeks into a pregnancy. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Five weeks into development, a human embryo has the potential to form both male and female anatomy. \u2014 Claire Ainsworth, Scientific American , 22 Oct. 2018",
      "The legal assertion that life begins at conception has implications for IVF, and pro-life groups in this country and abroad have argued for a proscription not only of embryo research but also of the freezing and disposal of embryos. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin embryon-, embryo , from Greek embryon , from en- + bryein to swell; akin to Greek bryon catkin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-br\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120833",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embryo sac":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the female gametophyte of a seed plant consisting of a thin-walled sac within the nucellus that contains the egg nucleus and other nuclei which give rise to endosperm on fertilization":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1844, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123205",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embryo transfer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a procedure used in animal breeding in which an embryo from a superovulated female is removed and reimplanted in the uterus of another female":[],
      ": the final procedure of the in vitro fertilization process that involves transfer of one or more embryos into the uterine cavity typically by using a catheter inserted through the uterine cervix":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mallory Weggemann and her husband Jay Snyder shared sad news with their followers over the weekend: Their recent embryo transfer did not lead to a successful pregnancy. \u2014 Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
      "Leah and Stephen Russell at the Heartland Center for Reproductive Medicine in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 14, about 15 minutes before a successful embryo transfer . \u2014 NBC News , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "While that might seem like a lot, a single IVF cycle can cost upwards of $16,000 \u2014 and that typically doesn't factor in the cost of medications, anesthesia, embryo biopsies and storage, or the frozen embryo transfer . \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "At the time, Spirtos was serving as chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility and in vitro fertilization/ embryo transfer at the hospital. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Kandi Burruss is looking back on the emotional rollercoaster of her embryo transfer process. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "For just an embryo transfer from a surrogate (when the carrier\u2019s own egg won\u2019t be the best option to lead to pregnancy), that runs about $800 according to the film. \u2014 Essence , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Many papers that focus on the success rate per embryo transfer don\u2019t account for the embryos that were thrown out but could have been viable, Cedars and Mastenbroek told STAT. \u2014 Isabella Cueto, STAT , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Patel has had a successful IVF cycle and is now moving on to the next stage in the embryo transfer process. \u2014 John Bonifield, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1966, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121106",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embryology":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a branch of biology dealing with embryos and their development":[],
      ": the features and phenomena exhibited in the formation and development of an embryo":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 2013, Muldoon was teaching embryology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
      "In 2011, with Oregon Health & Science\u2019s support, Mitalipov established a small human embryology group to pursue his goal. \u2014 Stephen S. Hall, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "In 2013, Muldoon, now an associate professor at Midwestern University\u2019s medical school in Glendale, was teaching embryology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022",
      "Bush first had a short stint ranching purple urchin in 2008 for the academic embryology research market, shipping small quantities to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Brown University. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Errors happen in every arena of medicine\u2014and embryology is no exception. \u2014 Elizabeth Narins, Health.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
      "The field of synthetic embryology has exploded in recent years. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Also named in the suit are In VitroTech Labs, a third-party embryology center, and its parent company, Beverly Sunset Surgical Associates, both owned by Mor. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Nipam Patel, an evolutionary and developmental biologist at the Marine Biology Laboratory, first investigated the wings of several such species with his students in an embryology class. \u2014 Harini Barath, Scientific American , 15 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French embryologie":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-j\u0113",
      "\u02ccem-br\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120234",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "embryotic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": embryonic sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "embryo + -tic (as in patriotic )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6embr\u0113\u00a6\u00e4tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121130",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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      ": endow sense 3":[
        "Spanish missions imbue the city with Old World charm",
        "\u2014 Scott Pendleton"
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      ": to permeate or influence as if by dyeing":[
        "the spirit that imbues the new constitution"
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      ": to tinge or dye deeply":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embue infuse , suffuse , imbue , ingrain , inoculate , leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. infuse implies a pouring in of something that gives new life or significance. new members infused enthusiasm into the club suffuse implies a spreading through of something that gives an unusual color or quality. a room suffused with light imbue implies the introduction of a quality that fills and permeates the whole being. imbue students with intellectual curiosity ingrain , used only in the passive or past participle, suggests the deep implanting of a quality or trait. clung to ingrained habits inoculate implies an imbuing or implanting with a germinal idea and often suggests stealth or subtlety. an electorate inoculated with dangerous ideas leaven implies introducing something that enlivens, tempers, or markedly alters the total quality. a serious play leavened with comic moments",
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      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": any of several Brazilian timber trees of the genera Nectandra and Phoebe (family Lauraceae)":[],
      ": the light to dark brown lustrous durable often strikingly figured wood of the imbuias that is readily polished and much used for fine cabinetwork":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175039",
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      "noun"
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      ": to get aboard a bus":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + bus (noun)":""
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      ": a person seeking to avoid military service (as by working in a government office) : shirker , slacker":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from past participle of ( s' ) embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk, from Old French embuschier to place in ambush":""
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      "\u00e4\u207fb\u1d6b\u0305sk\u0101",
      "\u00a6\u00e4m(\u02cc)b\u00fc\u00a6sk\u0101"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172331",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "embryoid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mass of plant or animal tissue that resembles an embryo":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-br\u0113-\u02cc\u022fid"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144752"
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      "combining form"
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      ": embryo":[
        "embryo geny"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Greek, from embryon":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151002"
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  "embrute":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
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      ": to sink to the level of a brute":[],
      ": to degrade to the level of a brute":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153429"
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  "Embarras":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "river 185 miles (298 kilometers) long in eastern Illinois flowing southeast into the Wabash River":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8am-\u02ccbr\u022f\u2014 sic"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154157"
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  "embolism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the insertion of one or more days in a calendar : intercalation":[],
      ": the sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus":[],
      ": embolus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-b\u0259-\u02ccliz-\u0259m",
      "\u02c8em-b\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The effect is to put people with this mutation at higher risk for abnormal blood clotting, such as a deep venous thrombosis or blood clots in the lung (pulmonary embolism ). \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 24 May 2022",
      "After Morris\u2019 sudden death in February due to a pulmonary embolism , Blue Heart leaders wrestled with how to move the foundation forward in his stead. \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Andrew Ladores passed on June 2 at the age of 49 due to pulmonary embolism that irreparably damaged his lungs and kidneys. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "In both age groups, COVID patients had twice the risk of uninfected people of developing respiratory symptoms and lung problems, including pulmonary embolism , the study found. \u2014 Pam Belluck, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "But Mills had serious side effects from her 2017 treatments, including blood clots in a carotid artery and a pulmonary embolism . \u2014 Peggy Mccarthy, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022",
      "This small device prevented the blood clots from traveling to his lungs and causing a fatal pulmonary embolism . \u2014 Judi Ketteler, Good Housekeeping , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "White also died young at age 35 after suffering a pulmonary embolism in 2010. \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "This decreases the chance of a fat embolism , which often results in death. \u2014 Claretta Bellamy, NBC News , 7 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English embolisme , from Medieval Latin embolismus , from Greek embol- (from emballein to insert, intercalate) \u2014 more at emblem":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163914"
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  "embryogenesis":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the formation and development of the embryo":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccem-br\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8je-n\u0259-s\u0259s",
      "\u02ccem-br\u0113-\u014d-\u02c8jen-\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to Marcus, embryogenesis most resembles a genetic computer program that produces a three-dimensional living organism. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 5 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164114"
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  "ember":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the smoldering remains of a fire":[],
      ": slowly dying or fading emotions, memories, ideas, or responses still capable of being revived":[
        "the embers of his past"
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-b\u0259r"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Title IX emerged as an ember from the civil rights and women\u2019s liberation movements. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "One never knows which ember will land in the right spot to set it all ablaze. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "At night, like nearly every night, Tatmadaw snipers took aim at whatever caught their attention: the glow from a cellphone whose user was checking Facebook, perhaps, or the red ember of a cannabis joint. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Yanya has a singular voice\u2014a disarming rasp that turns every note into a smoldering ember \u2014and her restless pop-rock songs circle her feelings of emptiness and inadequacy. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Yosemite put an end to the blazing ember show in 1968. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "To help kick the new year off on a fragrant note, Febreze has announced ember as its scent of the year. \u2014 Danielle Harling, House Beautiful , 20 Feb. 2022",
      "In May 2020, their 15-year-old pit bull, Isaboo, died; and in August of that year, their home completely burned to the ground, the result of a fire ember that came out of the home's chimney and landed on the roof. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Firefighting officials have only just started taking applications for the three-year endeavor, which aims to tackle everything from installing ember -resistant screens on home vents to replacing windows, siding and roofs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English eymere , from Old Norse eimyrja ; akin to Old English \u01e3merge ashes, Latin urere to burn":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164214"
  },
  "embark on/upon":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to begin (a journey)":[
        "They embarked on their trip to America with high hopes."
      ],
      ": to begin (something that will take a long time or happen for a long time)":[
        "She's embarking on a new career.",
        "The company has embarked upon a risky new project."
      ]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164950"
  },
  "embetter":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": better":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + better (adjective)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165818"
  },
  "embryogeny":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": embryogenesis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccem-br\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4j-\u0259-n\u0113",
      "\u02ccem-br\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-j\u0259-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170151"
  },
  "embryos":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a vertebrate at any stage of development prior to birth or hatching":[],
      ": the young sporophyte of a seed plant usually comprising a rudimentary plant with plumule, radicle, and cotyledons":[],
      ": something as yet undeveloped":[],
      ": a beginning or undeveloped state of something":[
        "productions seen in embryo during their out-of-town tryout period",
        "\u2014 Henry Hewes"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-br\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This resilience in the embryo has taken some by surprise. \u2014 Laura Hercher, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
      "The third writer in the series, Blaire Ostler, also builds a case for multiple divinities on Latter-day Saint theology that all humans are gods in embryo . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 May 2022",
      "Under the law, a fertilized egg, embryo or fetus does not have protected individual rights. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "The measure prohibits abortions once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo . \u2014 Fox News , 3 May 2022",
      "The Texas Supreme Court ruled that state medical licensing officials play no role in the enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act, known as SB 8, which bars abortions as soon as cardiac activity is detected in an embryo . \u2014 Jacob Gershman, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Senate Bill 1503 prohibits abortions once early cardiac activity is detected in an embryo or fetus, which is typically around six weeks into a pregnancy. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Five weeks into development, a human embryo has the potential to form both male and female anatomy. \u2014 Claire Ainsworth, Scientific American , 22 Oct. 2018",
      "The legal assertion that life begins at conception has implications for IVF, and pro-life groups in this country and abroad have argued for a proscription not only of embryo research but also of the freezing and disposal of embryos. \u2014 Laura Beers, CNN , 27 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin embryon-, embryo , from Greek embryon , from en- + bryein to swell; akin to Greek bryon catkin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174040"
  },
  "embarras de choix":{
    "type":[
      "French noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": confusing variety of choice":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4\u207f-b\u00e4-r\u00e4-d\u0259-shw\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175836"
  },
  "ember day":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, September 14, or December 13 set apart for fasting and prayer in Western churches":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-b\u0259r-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English ymbrend\u00e6g , from ymbrene circuit, anniversary + d\u00e6g day":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180952"
  },
  "embolite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral Ag(Cl, Br) consisting of native silver chloride and bromide and resembling cerargyrite":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8emb\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German embolit , from Greek embolion + German -it -ite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183005"
  },
  "embolium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a narrow piece on the costal margin of the corium of the wings of certain true bugs":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em\u02c8b\u014dl\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek embolion insertion, embossed ornament, diminutive of embolos":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191741"
  },
  "embolization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the process or state in which a blood vessel or organ is obstructed by the lodgment of a material mass (such as an embolus )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccem-b\u0259-l\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But a friend suggested something else: uterine fibroid embolization . \u2014 al , 21 June 2022",
      "Among patients having uterine fibroid embolization , studies show a 13% rate of a repeat procedure after year and 32% at five years, according to Cleveland Clinic. \u2014 Sarah Bradley, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "These include: Uterine embolization , a procedure that involves cutting off the blood supply to the uterus to stop the growth of fibroids. \u2014 Sarah Bradley, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "The administration did not elaborate on the condition or the operation, described as an embolization procedure. \u2014 Maggie Fox, Jamie Gumbrecht And Jen Christensen, CNN , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "In 2015, Mutare had another miscarriage, forcing her to consider a fibroid embolization , a noninvasive procedure used to shrink fibroid tumors. \u2014 Aisha Salaudeen, CNN , 31 July 2020",
      "Uterine artery embolization , for instance, can block blood supply to the fibroids by injecting tiny plastic pellets into the vessels that supply blood to the fibroid. \u2014 Hilda Hutcherson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
      "Doctors not involved in the first lady\u2019s care said embolization is commonly used to remove a type of noncancerous kidney tumor called an angiomylipoma. \u2014 Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2018",
      "There\u2019s a variety of things an embolization can be used for. \u2014 Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com , 14 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195304"
  },
  "embryonic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to an embryo":[],
      ": being in an early stage of development : incipient , rudimentary":[
        "an embryonic plan"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccem-br\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4n-ik",
      "\u02ccem-br\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-nik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "The tourism industry there is still in an embryonic stage.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each wrinkled chickpea the embryonic head of a bird. \u2014 Brittney Corrigan, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
      "Cells treated with Yamanaka factors, erases marks on the epigenome, losing their identity thus the reversal to the embryonic state (stem cell). \u2014 Stephen Ibaraki, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "Additional honorable mentions were awarded to photos of fruit fly ovaries, an embryonic zebrafish nervous system, and a mouse brain. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 May 2022",
      "South America is well-known for its titanosaur fossils, particularly in Argentina, home to some of the world's most spectacular titanosaur nesting sites and embryonic remains. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The couple has been working on some of the songs, which appeared in embryonic forms at the Meltdown Festival, in the decades since Cocteau Twins broke up in 1997. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "There is also the question of what the looming merger of CNN\u2019s parent, WarnerMedia, with Discovery might mean for the embryonic venue. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Hardcore Batfans might feel slightly cheated that celebrated archvillains Catwoman and the Penguin are represented only in their embryonic stages. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "However, research in animals is finding the same effects on prenatal development from BPS, linking it to problems with embryonic development and premature birth. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201403"
  },
  "Emberiza":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of passerine birds that includes numerous typical buntings and is made the type of a separate family or included with the finches and related birds in Fringillidae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccemb\u0259\u02c8r\u0113z\u0259",
      "-r\u012bz\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from German dialect (Alemannic) emberitze, emmeritz yellowhammer, from Middle High German ameriz , from Old High German amarzo, amirzo , diminutive of amaro":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215457"
  },
  "embrue":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stain":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220714"
  },
  "embryonic disk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": blastodisc":[],
      ": blastoderm":[],
      ": the part of the inner cell mass of a blastocyst from which the embryo of a placental mammal develops":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222507"
  },
  "embarras de richesses":{
    "type":[
      "French noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": embarrassment of riches : confusing abundance":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4\u207f-b\u00e4-r\u00e4d-r\u0113-shes",
      "-r\u00e4-d\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230347"
  },
  "embryophyte":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a subkingdom (Embryophyta) of plants in which the embryo is retained within maternal tissue and which include the bryophytes and tracheophytes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-br\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230616"
  },
  "embryonic membrane":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a structure (such as the amnion) that derives from the fertilized ovum but does not form a part of the embryo":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1947, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231919"
  },
  "embolo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the edible bluish fleshy fruit of the Cape ebony":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8emb\u0259\u02ccl\u014d"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "native name in Africa":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020932"
  },
  "Embryophyta":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a subkingdom of Plantae that includes all plants producing an embryo and developing vascular tissue and comprises the embryophytes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccembr\u0113\u02c8\u00e4f\u0259t\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from embry- + -phyta":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032749"
  },
  "embryous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": embryonic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8embr\u0113\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "embry- + -ous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034943"
  },
  "embryonation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the formation of an embryo within an egg":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccembr\u0113\u0259\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041452"
  },
  "embryonic knob":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": inner cell mass":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042658"
  },
  "embryony":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the condition of having or the production of an embryo \u2014 compare monembryony , polyembryony":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8embr\u0113\u0259n\u0113",
      "em\u02c8br\u012b\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "embryon- + -y":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094715"
  },
  "embergoose":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": common loon":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ember (by folk etymology from Norwegian ymbre, imbre, hymber embergoose, from Old Norse himbrin ) + goose":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101331"
  },
  "embryonated":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having an embryo":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-br\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1687, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124736"
  },
  "embracery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an attempt to influence a jury corruptly":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u0101-s\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French embraceour":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165019"
  },
  "embassy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the function or position of an ambassador":[],
      ": a mission abroad undertaken officially especially by an ambassador":[],
      ": embassage sense 1":[],
      ": the official residence and offices of an ambassador":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8em-b\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Protesters marched outside the American embassy .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cherelle Griner said that her wife called nearly a dozen times on June 18, but never got through because the phone line at the embassy was not staffed. \u2014 CBS News , 25 June 2022",
      "The calls \u2014 which the couple believed would connect Brittney to Cherelle in Arizona \u2014 were never answered because the desk at the embassy where the phone rang was allegedly unstaffed on Saturday. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
      "But each time, the call went unanswered because the desk at the embassy where the phone rang was apparently unstaffed Saturday. \u2014 Eric Tucker And Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
      "Shigenobu was convicted of masterminding a siege at the French embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1974, which saw scores of diplomats taken hostage. \u2014 Adela Suliman, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "Today 130 are left working at the embassy , compared with 1,200 five years ago. \u2014 WSJ , 25 May 2022",
      "Delegation leader Ulla Lainio, the commercial counselor for Business Finland at the embassy in Washington, D.C., knew the U.P. had once been a destination for Finnish miners. \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
      "Germany summoned the Russian ambassador after the ruling, telling him that two of his embassy 's 101 diplomatic staff would be expelled, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "The letter was subsequently posted on the embassy \u2019s website. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 15 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration (by substitution of the suffix -y entry 2 ) of embassade, variant (with em- after embassador \"ambassador\" and other derivatives based on Romance forms with em- em- replacing am- of ambassade, ) going back to Middle English ambassiat, ambassiad, ambassate, ambassade \"office of an ambassador, diplomatic mission, persons trusted with such a mission,\" borrowed from Anglo-French ambassiate, ambassade \"diplomatic mission\" and Middle French ambassade, ambaxade \"diplomatic or political mission, persons sent on such a mission, ambassador,\" borrowed from Italian (13th-century) ambasciata \"diplomatic mission, official message,\" borrowed from Old Occitan ambayssada \"diplomatic mission,\" earlier ambayssat \"message,\" derivatives (with the suffixes of action and result -at, -ada ) of *ambaissa, going back to Late Latin ambascia, ambassia \"mission, errand, task, journey,\" borrowed from Germanic *ambahtja- \"service, office\" (whence Old English ambiht, embiht \"service, ministry,\" Old Saxon ambaht \"office, service,\" Old High German ambahti \"commission, task, obligation, service,\" Old Icelandic emb\u00e6tti \"service, office, task,\" Gothic andbahti \"office, service, assistance\"), derivative of *ambahtj\u014dn- or *ambahta- \"servant, follower\" (whence Old English ombiht, embiht \"servant, attendant, officer,\" Old Saxon ambahtio \"servant,\" Old High German ambaht \"servant, holder of a spiritual or lay office,\" Old Icelandic amb\u00e1tt \"bondwoman, female servant,\" Gothic andbahts \"servant\"), borrowed from Celtic *amba\u03c7to- (whence Welsh amaeth \"plowman, tillage,\" Gaulish *ambaktos, in Latin texts as ambactus \"servant\"), agentive noun from the verbal adjective of *ambi-ag-, whence Old Irish imm\u2027aig \"(s/he) drives around, pursues,\" going back to Indo-European *h 2 m\u0325b h i \"around\" + *h 2 e\u01f5- \"drive\" \u2014 more at -ade , ambient entry 1 , agent":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1549, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174421"
  },
  "embryonic vesicle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": egg sense 1b":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190300"
  },
  "embathe":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to wash freely : bathe , immerse , drench":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "em+",
      "\u0259\u0307m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "en- entry 1 + bathe":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200223"
  },
  "embryon-":{
    "type":[
      "combining form"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": embryo":[
        "embryon ic"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin embryon-, embryo":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201730"
  },
  "embryonary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": embryonic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8embr\u0113\u0259\u02ccner\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "embryon- + -ary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004734"
  },
  "embracing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to clasp in the arms : hug":[],
      ": cherish , love":[],
      ": encircle , enclose":[],
      ": to take up especially readily or gladly":[
        "embrace a cause"
      ],
      ": to avail oneself of : welcome":[
        "embraced the opportunity to study further"
      ],
      ": to take in or include as a part, item, or element of a more inclusive whole":[
        "charity embraces all acts that contribute to human welfare"
      ],
      ": to be equal or equivalent to":[
        "his assets embraced $10"
      ],
      ": to participate in an embrace":[],
      ": a close encircling with the arms and pressure to the chest especially as a sign of affection : hug":[],
      ": grip , encirclement":[
        "in the embrace of terror"
      ],
      ": acceptance":[
        "her embrace of new ideas"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "im-\u02c8br\u0101s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bear-hug",
      "clasp",
      "crush",
      "enclasp",
      "enfold",
      "grasp",
      "hug",
      "strain"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for embrace Verb adopt , embrace , espouse mean to take an opinion, policy, or practice as one's own. adopt implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's nature. forced to adopt new policies embrace implies a ready or happy acceptance. embraced the customs of their new homeland espouse adds an implication of close attachment to a cause and a sharing of its fortunes. espoused the cause of women's rights include , comprehend , embrace , involve mean to contain within as part of the whole. include suggests the containment of something as a constituent, component, or subordinate part of a larger whole. the price of dinner includes dessert comprehend implies that something comes within the scope of a statement or definition. his system comprehends all history embrace implies a gathering of separate items within a whole. her faith embraces both Christian and non-Christian beliefs involve suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence. the new job involves a lot of detail",
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They embraced one last time before going their separate ways.",
      "a politician who has been embraced by conservatives",
      "Charity embraces all acts of generous giving.",
      "It's a subject that embraces many areas of learning.",
      "Noun",
      "He held her in a warm embrace .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "According to Forrester, companies that embrace revenue operations enjoy 19% faster growth and 15% more profits. \u2014 Mike Dickerson, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
      "Leaders who embrace their fears and talk with their teams about them are more likely to make their employees feel safe, creative, and committed to solving whatever problems the company may face. \u2014 Edward Sullivan, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
      "Other large states such as California have adopted standards that embrace the science of climate change, leading to a divide. \u2014 Katie Worth, Scientific American , 20 June 2022",
      "The design team doubled down on stylish selections, like cabinets in Farrow & Ball Off Black, that embrace the tinier footprint. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 June 2022",
      "Trader Joe\u2019s is one of the buzzy brands like Starbucks and REI that have positioned themselves as companies that embrace purpose, diversity, and sustainability. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
      "The architectural firm of Frank L. Hope and Associates was commissioned to design the building, but the firm\u2019s vision of a simple, symmetrical, ultra-modern building that would embrace Balboa Park from within wasn\u2019t what city leaders had in mind. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
      "Proponents of rooftop solar and home batteries also note that Hawaii does not have lots of cheap, open land needed for large solar and wind farms \u2014 a position that Hawaiian Electric, which locals call HECO, came to embrace . \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
      "While the future of both the metaverse and NFTs remains unclear, arguably all the more so for the latter after a crypto market crash this month, some say there is real potential for celebrities who embrace virtual gatherings and products. \u2014 Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The duo alternates between listless poses and precise bursts of synchronized movement: folkish prancing, slapstick pratfalls, belligerent lunges and swipes, moments of sensual embrace that slip away. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "With web3 being closely tied to crypto in more ways than one, the market continues to dictate people's levels of embrace in the sector. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
      "Zahn McClarnon, having a well-deserved and long overdue moment of industry embrace , plays Joe Leaphorn, a police officer working the Navajo tribal beat in what seems to be 1970, or thereabouts. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the bravery of the Ukrainians now fighting the Russians underlines the idiocy of Trump's embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin and also of his efforts to hold back military aid to the Ukrainians. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 28 May 2022",
      "Her nipples hardened thinking of that embrace , and her breasts ached. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "As teammate after Bruins teammate reached his side, that right arm went around for a hug, a postgame line of embrace that said so much. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "Many noted that the reality star, who is often upheld as a symbol of society's embrace of curves following an era that celebrated pencil-thin bodies, was praising the very diet culture activists have attempted to abolish. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 4 May 2022",
      "Horniacek is one of many online crypto sleuths that track NFTs as celebrities, companies, political candidates and members of the public embrace the latest cryptocurrency phenomenon. \u2014 Laura Romero, ABC News , 20 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French embracer , from en- + brace pair of arms \u2014 more at brace entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024910"
  }
}