engrasp en · VERB
Etymology
From en- + grasp?
Meanings
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(obsolete) To grasp; to grip, to take hold of.
Now gan Pyrochles wex as wood as hee, And him affronted with impatient might : So both together fiers engrasped bee , Whiles Guyon standing by their uncouth strife does see
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| engrasped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| engrasped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| engrasps | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| engrasping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |