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To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the
fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. |
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To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly
acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend. |
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To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to
clutch; to struggle; to strive. |
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A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or
infolding in the arms. |
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Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding;
as, it was beyond his grasp. |
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Forcible possession; hold. |
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Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and
hold them under survey. |
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The handle of a sword or of an oar. |