begripe
Meanings
verb
- To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English begripen, bigripen, from Old English begrīpan (“to grip, seize, lay hold of; chide”), from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + gripe.
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