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engrasps

engrasps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of engrasp.

Meaning of engrasp

Verb

engrasp (third-person singular simple present engrasps, present participle engrasping, simple past and past participle engrasped)

  1. (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 see1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about engrasps

What is engrasps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Engrasps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of engrasp.

Words near engrasps in the dictionary

  1. engrapples
  2. engrappling
  3. engrasp
  4. engrasped
  5. engrasping
  6. engrasps
  7. engraulid
  8. engraulidid
  9. engraulidids
  10. engraulids
  11. engravable

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