Embrace
Embrace (em*brās") , transitive verb
[Prefix em- (intens.) + brace, transitive verb]
To fasten on, as armor. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Embrace (em*brāst") , transitive verb
[Old English embracier, French embrasser; pref. em- (Latin in) + French bras arm. See Brace, n.]
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. — Shakespeare
3.
To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
I embrace these conditions.
You embrace the occasion.
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.
I embrace this fortune patiently.
7.
(Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. — Blackstone
Embrace , intransitive verb
To join in an embrace.
Embrace , noun
Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
We stood tranced in long embraces,
Mixed with kisses.