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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embraced}; p. pr &
vb n. {Embracing}.] [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.
I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he
shall shrink under my courtesy. --Shak.
Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced
them --Acts xx 1.
2. To cling to to cherish; to love. --Shak.
3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with
cordiality; to welcome. ``I embrace these conditions.''
``You embrace the occasion.'' --Shak.
What is there that he may not embrace for truth?
--Locke.
4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between
the mountain and the stream embraced. --Denham.
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. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
embracing
n : the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in
greeting or affection) [syn: {embrace}]
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