Proposed and celebrated embracing bird (9)
I believe the answer is:
nominated
'proposed' is the definition.
(nominating is a kind of proposing)
'celebrated embracing bird' is the wordplay.
'celebrated' becomes 'noted' ('noted' can be a synonym of 'celebrated').
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bird' becomes 'mina' (mina is a kind of bird**).
'noted' placed around 'mina' is 'NOMINATED'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for nominated that I've seen before include "mentioned specifically" , "selected" , "Proposed as a candidate" , "Put forward for election" .)