To embrace or wrap around partially. / Adopt in an ambivalent or partial manner.

(historical) A Songhai state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military success using then-innovative firearms, especially cannon and small arms.

A Persianate empire centered in North India from 1526 to 1857. Succeeded by the British East India Company.

(military, slang) To consciously accept or appreciate something that is extremely unpleasant but unavoidable.

A nickname for the state of Georgia in the United States of America.

plural of ember-goose

plural of empire waist

(fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). / (of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.

A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States. / A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.