to welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in

to cater to; to pander to

to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face

to meet the enemy head-on

(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman)