embrace (1 is not recorded before S.)
1.
to welcome
as a friend, companion, or the like Cor. IV. vii. 10, Tim. I. i. 45,
Cym. III. iv. 179
“With joy he will
you”
; to welcome or receive (a thing) joyfully
Ado I. i. 106, Tw.N. II. v. 161 [150],
R2 I. iii. 89
“ His golden
uncontroll'd enfranchisement,”
Troil. IV. i. 14, Ham. V. ii. 266; (hence)
to submit to with resignation Wiv. V. v. 263 [251] “What cannot be eschew'd must
be e-'d,”
Mac. III. i. 137
“embrace the fate Of
that dark hour.”
2.
to cherish, devote
oneself to, cling to
Mer.V. II. viii. 52
“his e-d
heaviness,”
AYL. I. ii. 191
“ your own
safety,”
R2 I. iii. 184, Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 56
