Embrace — Defs

01 v. t. To fasten on, as armor.

02 v. t. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

imp. & p. p. Embraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing

1.
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.
2.
To cling to; to cherish; to love.
3.
To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
“What is there that he may not embrace for truth?” — Locke.
4.
To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
“Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced.” — Denham.
5.
To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
“Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a subject fully can embrace.” — Dryden.
6.
To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
7.
To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.(Law)

03 v. i. To join in an embrace.

04 n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

1.
Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
“We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses.” — Tennyson.