Meanings
verbbegrasp (third-person singular simple present begrasps, present participle begrasping, simple past and past participle begrasped)
present singular third person begrasps · participle present begrasping · participle past begrasped · past begrasped
- dialectalraretransitiveTo grasp around or about; grasp firmly, fully, or completely; apprehend.
[...] As if his hand begrasp't already An iron-geddok; [...]
1827, William Tennant, Papistry storm'd1 more example
I am now realmless; Me have so hard the clasps of Hell Firmly begrasped.
1873, The Contemporary Review, volume 21, page 218
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From be- (“around, about, completely”) + grasp.
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