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umbegrip

umbegrip verb: to seize hold of.

Verb

umbegrip (third-person singular simple present umbegrips, present participle umbegripping, simple past and past participle umbegripped)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To seize hold of.

Forms of umbegrip

third-person singular presentumbegrips
present participleumbegripping
past participleumbegripped
pastumbegripped
alternative formumbegrippe
alternative formumbe-grippe

Origin of umbegrip

From Middle English umbegrippen, equivalent to umbe- + grip.

Questions about umbegrip

What does umbegrip mean?
Umbegrip means to seize hold of.
What part of speech is umbegrip?
Umbegrip is a verb.
What is the past tense of umbegrip?
The past tense of umbegrip is umbegripped.

Words near umbegrip in the dictionary

  1. umbeclap
  2. umbedraw
  3. umbedrawing
  4. umbego
  5. umbegoing
  6. umbegrip
  7. umbegrippe
  8. umbegripping
  9. umbel
  10. umbelap
  11. umbelappe

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