Chap to embrace with love (4)
I believe the answer is:
hugo
'chap' is the definition.
'embrace with love' is the wordplay.
'embrace' becomes 'hug' ('hug' can be a synonym of 'embrace').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'hug'+'o'='HUGO'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hugo that I've seen before include "Victor -; French author (Les Miserables)" , "Man's name; sci-fi award" , "Victor maybe" , "Victor, say" , "Victor ---; --- Wolf" .)