To take, clasp or inclose in the arms; to press to the bosom, in token of affection. Paul called to him the disciples and embraced them. Acis 20:1.

To seize eagerly; to lay hold on; to receive or take with willingness that which is offered; as, to embrace the christian religion; to embrace the opportunity of doing a favor.

To comprehend; to include or take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

To comprise; to inclose; to encompass; to contain; to encircle. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced.

To receive; to admit.

To find; to take; to accept. Fleance--must embrace the fate . Of that dark hour.

To have carnal intercourse with.

To put on.

To attempt to influence a jury corruptly.

To join in an embrace.

Inclosure or clasp with the arms; pressure to the bosom with the arms.

Reception of one thing into another.

Sexual intercourse; conjugal endearment.