begrasp

verb

verb

Etymology From be- (“around, about, completely”) + grasp.

Dialectal, Rare To 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'd:
I am now realmless; Me have so hard the clasps of Hell Firmly begrasped.1873, The Contemporary Review, volume 21, page 218:

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