English Explanatory Dictionary

graps

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of grasp.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹæps/

Word forms

graps grapses grapsing grapsed

Etymology

From Middle English grapsen, re-unmetathesised version of graspen (“to grasp”), from Old English *grǣpsian. Compare to its equally unmetathesised cognates German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen, Saterland Frisian Grapse (“double handful”).

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