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grasp
1382, possibly metathesis of O.E.
*grępsan
"to touch, feel," from P.Gmc.
*graipison
(cf. E.Fris.
grapsen
"to grasp"), from root
*graip
(see
grope
). Originally "to reach for, feel around;" sense of "seize" first recorded mid-16c.
