begrip en · VERB
Etymology
From be- + grip. Compare begripe.
Meanings
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(transitive) To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
They try to begrip by conceptions that which no conception can grasp save when conception is full-open with consciousness, and identical with it.
1913, Archibald Allan, Space and personality:He came to be known as Peritus because he seemed expert at every task he begripped him.
2012, Wilyem Clark, Steadfast:Then the girdled hilt seiz'd he, the Wolf of the Scyldings, The rough and the sword-grim, and drew forth the ring-sword, Naught weening of life, and wrathful he smote then So that there on her halse the hard edge begripped, [...]
1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:A blissful/blessed body, arrayed in a rich manner in royal garments: all with glistening gold his gown was hemmed, with many a precious pearl placed thereon, and a girdle of gold begripped his waist; a great mantle was over that, [...]
2002, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals:Then parted Frowin and Garnum, and, hands begripped, they solemnly repeated the foster-brother oath: "Thy kin will I protect; thy honor will I guard. Parted or together, when thou diest then will I die also: [...]
1913, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| begripped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| begripped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| begripping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| begrips | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |