GRASPED
Verb
grasped
simple past tense and past participle of grasp
Anagrams
• spadger, sparged
Source: Wiktionary
GRASP
Grasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grasper; p. pr. & vb. n. Qraspine.] Etym:
[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.
Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak.
2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or
conversant with; to comprehend.
Grasp, v. i.
Definition: To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch;
to struggle; to strive.
As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued.
Shak.
To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at
universal empire,
Grasp, n.
1. A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding
in the arms. "The grasps of love." Shak.
2. Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it
was beyond his grasp.
3. Forcible possession; hold.
The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp. Shak.
4. Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold
them under survey.
The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp,
equal to their predecessors. Z. Taylor.
5. The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition