embrace

EMBRA'CE, verb transitive 1. To take, clasp or inclose in the arms; to press to the bosom, in token of affection. Paul called to him the disciples and embraced them. Acts 20:1. 2. To seize eagerly; to lay hold on; to receive or take with willingness that which is offered; as, to embrace the christian religion; to embrace the opportunity of doing a favor. 3. To comprehend; to include or take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences. 4. To comprise; to inclose; to encompass; to contain; to encircle. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. 5. To receive; to admit. 6. To find; to take; to accept. Fleance--must embrace the fate Of that dark hour. 7. To have carnal intercourse with. 8. To put on. 9. To attempt to influence a jury corruptly. EMBRA'CE, verb intransitive To join in an embrace EMBRA'CE, noun Inclosure or clasp with the arms; pressure to the bosom with the arms. 1. Reception of one thing into another. 2. Sexual intercourse; conjugal endearment.