Embrace

1. v. t. To fasten on, as armor.
2. n. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
3. n. To cling to; to cherish; to love.
4. n. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
5. n. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
6. n. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
7. n. To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
8. n. To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
9. v. i. To join in an embrace.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.