Definition of embrace

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Embrace (n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court..

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Bird''s-eye :: Bird's-eye (a.) Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view..
Fraternal :: Fraternal (a.) Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
Reembrace :: Reembrace (v. i.) To embrace again.
Side :: Side (v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party..
Press :: Press (v.) To embrace closely; to hug.
Embrace :: Embrace (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor..
Engender :: Engender (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace..
Espouser :: Espouser (n.) One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..
Grapplement :: Grapplement (n.) A grappling; close fight or embrace.
Embracery :: Embracery (n.) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements..
Passeres :: Passeres (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
Encyclopedist :: Encyclopedist (n.) The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences..
Sector :: Sector (n.) An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector..
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court..
Hug :: Hug (v. t.) To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
Embraceor :: Embraceor (n.) One guilty of embracery.
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