Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GRASP
GRASP, n.
- The gripe or seizure of the hand. This seems to be its proper sense; but it denotes also a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
- Possession; hold.
- Reach of the arms; and figuratively, the power of seizing. Bonaparte seemed to think he had the Russian empire within his grasp.
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