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Grasp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grasper (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Qraspine.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope. Cf. Grab, Grope.] 1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
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Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak.
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2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
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Grasp, v. i. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
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As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued. Shak.
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To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire,
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Grasp, n. 1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms. “The grasps of love.” Shak.
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2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
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3. Forcible possession; hold.
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The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp. Shak.
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4. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
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The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors. Z. Taylor.
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5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
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