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According to elements; literally; as, the words, "Take, eat; this is my body," elementally understood.

To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate. That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. De Quincey.

To take away the margin of.

gled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden. He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke.

boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.

To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.

One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]

To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.

Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.

To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Sir W. Raleigh.

A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits. I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.

s by a pawn already so advanced as to threaten the first of these squares. The pawn which takes en passant is advanced to the threatened square.

One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

That which is taken by encroaching on another.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. Shak.