v. t.
I will embrace him with a soldier's arm,
That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
What is there that he may not embrace for truth? Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed,
Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not that my song, in such a scanty space,
So large a subject fully can embrace. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t. ] To fasten on, as armor. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To join in an embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. [ 1913 Webster ]
We stood tranced in long embraces,
Mixed with kisses. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. embrassement. ]
Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) One guilty of embracery. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who embraces. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements. [ 1913 Webster ]