Embrace /(ĕm*brās")/

1. To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.]

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.

   Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them.

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?

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

   Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced.

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.

6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
7. To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. (Law)

1. To join in an embrace.

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

   We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses.