begripe

Meaning

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English begripen, bigripen, from Old English begrÄ«pan ("to grip, seize, lay hold of; chide"), from Proto-West Germanic *bigrÄ«pan. Equivalent to be- + gripe.

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