Upsnatch

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To seize or snatch up. transitive

    "With pity struck, with horror for my deed, The babe upsnatch'd away I bore with speed ; And, knowing Zion should be captive led, Far to these mountains of the East I sped."

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"With pity struck, with horror for my deed, The babe upsnatch'd away I bore with speed ; And, knowing Zion should be captive led, Far to these mountains of the East I sped."

Etymology

From up- + snatch.

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