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"embrace" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often hug (3 letters).
Definitions
a close affectionate and protective acceptance
Used in a sentence
“I will imbrace him with a ſouldiour's arme, / That he ſhall ſhrinke vnder my curteſie, […]”
“And after the vprore was ceaſed, Paul called vnto him the diſciples, and imbraced them, & departed, for to go into Macedonia.”
“Theſe lulld by Nightingales imbraceing ſlept, / And on thir naked limbs the flourie roof / Showrd Roſes, which the Morn, repair'd.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Accept willingly”7 letters
02“Hold close”7 letters
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