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graspt

graspt is the simple past and past participle of grasp.

Meaning of grasp

Verb

grasp (third-person singular simple present grasps, present participle grasping, simple past and past participle grasped)

  1. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
    • How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?1849 March 31, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: […], volumes II (Poems and Miscellanies), New York, N.Y.: J. S. Redfield, […], published 1850...
    Synonyms:
    clasp
  2. To understand.
    • I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
    Synonyms:
    comprehend, fathom
  3. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.

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Questions about graspt

What is graspt the simple past and past participle of?
Graspt is the simple past and past participle of grasp.

Words near graspt in the dictionary

  1. graspless
  2. grasplessness
  3. grasps
  4. grasps at straws
  5. grasps the nettle
  6. graspt
  7. grass
  8. grass assassin bug
  9. grass bass
  10. grass beef
  11. grass carp

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