Activity at a joyful reunion

• Adopting eagerly
• Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
• Displaying affection wildly can be grim
• Include in scope
• Hug, usually with fondness
• The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
• As one heads for Mount Everest when climbing, cold as Skegness?

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced ([e^]m*br[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing ([e^]m*br[=a]"s[i^]ng).] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace , n.] To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of giving an embrace. vb. (present participle of embrace English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) [syn: embrace ]