7. (Law)
Defn: To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
Blackstone.
Syn.
— To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include;
EMBRACE
Em*brace", v. i.
Defn: To join in an embrace.
EMBRACE
Em*brace", n.
Defn: Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the
bosom; clasp; hug.
We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. Tennyson.
EMBRACEMENT
Em*brace"ment, n. Etym: [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.