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	"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)"

	Embrace Em*brace", v. t. Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.

	   To fasten on, as armor. Obs. --Spenser.

	

	"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)"

	Embrace Em*brace", v. i.

	   To join in an embrace.

	

	"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)"

	Embrace Em*brace", n.

	   Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the

	   bosom; clasp; hug.

	

	         We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses.

	                                                  --Tennyson.

	

	"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)"

	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.

	

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