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Graps

//ɡɹæps// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of grasp. alt-of, alternative, dialectal

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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