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embrace

transitive verb embraced, embracing

  1. to clasp in the arms, usually as an expression of affection or desire; hug
  2. to accept readily; avail oneself of: to embrace an opportunity
  3. to take up or adopt, esp. eagerly or seriously: to embrace a new profession
  4. to encircle; surround; enclose: an isle embraced by the sea
  5. to include; contain: biology embraces botany and zoology
  6. to take in mentally; perceive: his glance embraced the scene

intransitive verb

to clasp or hug each other in the arms

noun

an embracing; hug

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transitive verb embraced, embracing

Law to try illegally to influence or instruct (a jury)

See embrace in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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