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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inbrace, -braice, -brais, v. [Cf. Enbrace v.] tr. To Embrace, lit. and fig. = Imbrace v., in various senses. — 1533 Boece viii. xiii. 280 b.
Thay … saw ane horribill monstre, … inbraissit in armys of thare dochter c1540 Lynd. Kitteis Conf. 38.
Quhow that my lufe did me inbrace c1568 Lauder Minor P. ii. 91.
That we may ones inbrace the lycht Of heauin a1578 Pitsc. I. 25/12.
He … inbracit the heill … maner of his fatheris conditionis 1583 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 274.
[That they] put in obliuioun all bypast enormiteis, inbraice and interteine luif and amitie 1611 Brechin Test. III. 183 b.
That the air will not resaue nor inbrace the moveable airschip