What's the difference between capture and embace?

Capture


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
  • (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
  • (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.
  • (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Conventionally taken radiographs are captured by a video camera and processed by the IPS system (KONTRON).
  • (2) The corresponding hydrides, mono-n-butyltin hydride, di-n-butyltin hydride, tri-n-butyltin hydride, monophenyltin hydride, diphenyltin hydride triphenyltin hydride, are detected by electron-capture gas chromatography after clean-up by silica gel column chromatography.
  • (3) Western diplomats acknowledge that the capture of Qusair is likely to have emboldened President Bashar al-Assad , making him less likely to consider concessions – let alone stepping down.
  • (4) Similar results were obtained when hFSH was captured by an alpha-specific MAb (10.3A6).
  • (5) This derivative also allowed sensitive detection and measurement of indole-3-pyruvate in the picogram range using a gas chromatograph with an electron capture detector.
  • (6) Contrary to the claims of some commentators, such as Steve Vladeck , it is impossible to argue reasonably that the memo imposed a requirement of "infeasibility of capture" on Obama's assassination power.
  • (7) This investigation examined the role of anabolic steroids on baseline heart rate (HR) and HR responses to the threat of capture in Macaca fascicularis.
  • (8) Moallem’s news conference came a day after jihadis captured a major military air base in north-eastern Syria, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the Islamic State group.
  • (9) Joe Gregory, parked outside the arena while waiting to pick up his girlfriend and her sister from the concert, captured its impact on his car’s dashcam.
  • (10) They were granted “extraordinary leave” and left with their military equipment to be captured or killed on the streets of the Chechen capital.
  • (11) The researchers' own knowledge of street language and drug behavior has enabled them to capture information that would escape most observers and even some participants.
  • (12) Using an ELISA with captured antigen by monoclonal antibodies, 604 blood donors were typed for the platelet-specific antigen systems HPA-1 and HPA-4.
  • (13) Mean treatment success, estimated from live-capture and mortality data, ranged between 87.1 and 100%.
  • (14) We have the nuclear-related wealth, which captures the highly skilled and the affluent and the upwardly mobile.
  • (15) The concentrations of clorazepate and its metabolite nordiazepam were determined by electron capture gas liquid chromatography.
  • (16) TUC, CPE and ART viruses were obtained from pools of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) sp captured in Tucuruí, Pará State, in February, August and October of 1984, respectively.
  • (17) The RBEs of fast neutron, thermal neutron beams, and neutron capture therapy relative to 60Co gamma-ray were calculated as 2.78, 4.18, and 6.15 at 0.1 surviving fraction, respectively.
  • (18) As a result of recent development in medical practice including use of new antimicrobial agents, coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS) that were once considered nonpathogenic contaminants have captured attention as causes of disease.
  • (19) The original agricultural wastes had captured CO2 from the air through the photosynthesis process; biochar is a low-tech way of sequestering carbon, effectively for ever.
  • (20) The type 3 pattern occurred when the antidromic wavefront of early premature beats captured the original circuit exit.

Embace


Definition:

  • (v. t.) See Embase.

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