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Definition of embrace : 1. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
2. To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
3. To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
4. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
5. To cling to; to cherish; to love.
6. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
7. To fasten on, as armor.
8. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
9. To join in an embrace.
10. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.

Synonyms:

follow, cross, cut through, clip, crush, take over, coerce, breast, tangle, dig, give, deal, perceive, embroil, tit, wed, cut across, wedge, drag in, boob, pinch, flatter, contract, coddle, grok, accept, pressure, embosom, stuff, espouse, extort, hook up with, get across, embracing, traverse, wrap up, press, track, acquire, gouge, mash, insure, sweep up, constrict, underwrite, assume, involve, enshroud, savvy, comprehend, compress, plow, pass over, get over, shove, shroud, get hitched with, court, overlay, dramatize, compensate, handle, hide, compass, titty, get the picture, continue, brood, hatch, twitch, twinge, force, clinch, take up, wring, enfold, adopt, take in, report, embracement, bosom, thrust, conjoin, incubate, breed, compact, get married, squelch, dramatise, tweet, apprehend, rack, squash, marry, cover up, subsume, treat, extend, spread over, sweep, heart, overcompensate, comprise, take on, address, knocker, drag, hale, borrow, pamper, take

constitute, fabricate, combine, invent, embody, compose, compile, include, construct, form

stroke, fondle, caress, snuggle, cuddle, squeeze, feel, pet, touch, nuzzle

envelop, fence, cage, contain, enclose, confine, encompass, encircle, corral, imprison, cover, surround, trap, impound

kowtow, welcome, salute, notice, smile, greet, accost, receive, hail, acknowledge, salaam, bow, hug, approach, signal, vociferate, wave, curtsy, shake hands with, nod, kiss

grapple, clasp, retain, grip, keep, have, clutch, hold, grasp, adhere, seize

Usage examples:

• A rough embrace, a kiss on her cheek, and he had gone. - "The Voice in the Fog", Harold MacGrath.
• Come down this very moment, you little hard- hearted person, and embrace your old uncle. - "The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers", Mary Cholmondeley.
• I shall not embrace you often, my dear cousin! - "Cousin Betty", Honore de Balzac.