Definition of "embrace" []

• To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection. (verb-transitive)
• To surround; enclose: We allowed the warm water to embrace us. (verb-transitive)
• To twine around: a trellis that was embraced by vines. (verb-transitive)
• To include as part of something broader. See Synonyms at include. (verb-transitive)
• To take up willingly or eagerly: embrace a social cause. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But I'd rather the label embrace the video so I don't have to go sneaking around from site to site."
• "I prefer to use the word "embrace" rather than "buy-in," a more commonly used word synonymous with change efforts."
• "And if any one would have this term embrace the ceremony [of the Mass], we readily concede it, provided he neither understands the ceremony alone, nor teaches that the ceremony profits _ex opere operato_."