begrip
begrip verb: to grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
Verb
begrip (third-person singular simple present begrips, present participle begripping, simple past and past participle begripped)
- To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
- 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
- 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
Examples of begrip in a sentence
- 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.1913, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness:
- He came to be known as Peritus because he seemed expert at every task he begripped him.2012, Wilyem Clark, Steadfast:
Synonyms of begrip
Forms of begrip
| third-person singular present | begrips |
|---|---|
| present participle | begripping |
| past participle | begripped |
| past | begripped |
Origin of begrip
From be- + grip. Compare begripe.
Questions about begrip
- What does begrip mean?
- Begrip means to grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
- How do you use begrip in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is begrip?
- Begrip is a verb.
- What is the past tense of begrip?
- The past tense of begrip is begripped.
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