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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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6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak.

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include; comprise; comprehend; contain; involve; imply.

Em*brace" (?), v. i. To join in an 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.

Em*brace"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrassement.] 1. A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Dear though chaste embracements.

Sir P. Sidney.

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones.

Bacon.

3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness.

Barrow.

Em*brace"or (?), n. (Law) One guilty of embracery.

Em*bra"cer (?), n. One who embraces.

Em*bra"cer*y (?), n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Em*bra"cive (?), a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray.