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Embrace \Em*brace"\ ([e^]m*br[=a]s"), v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.)
brace, v. t.]
To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embraced}
([e^]m*br[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embracing}
([e^]m*br[=a]"s[i^]ng).] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref.
em- (L. in) F. bras arm. See {Brace}, n.]
1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms;
to hug.
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I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy. --Shak.
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Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced
them. --Acts xx. 1.
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2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. --Shak.
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3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with
cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You
embrace the occasion." --Shak.
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What is there that he may not embrace for truth?
--Locke.
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4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
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Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed,
Between the mountain and the stream embraced.
--Denham.
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5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in;
as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
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Not that my song, in such a scanty space,
So large a subject fully can embrace. --Dryden.
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6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this
fortune patiently." --Shak.
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7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or
court. --Blackstone.

Syn: To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise;
comprehend; contain; involve; imply.
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. i.
To join in an embrace.
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Embrace \Em*brace"\, n.
Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the
bosom; clasp; hug.
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We stood tranced in long embraces,
Mixed with kisses. --Tennyson.
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