embraced

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EMBRA'CED, participle passive Inclosed in the arms; clasped to the bosom; seized; laid hold on; received; comprehended; included; contained; accepted. 1. Influenced corruptly; biassed; as a juror.
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