begripeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /bɪˈɡɹaɪp/

動詞

begripe (third-person singular simple present begripes, present participle begriping, simple past and past participle begriped)

1. (transitive) To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.
   • 1865, Dante Alighieri, The Comedy of Dante Allighieri. [sic]: Part I--The Hell:

     He, with his middle feet, begriped his paunch, And took the arms with the anterior; And then he bit both one and other cheek.

   • 1899, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Edward Strachey, William Caxton, Le morte Darthur:

     And as for this sword there shall never man begripe it at the handle but one, but he shall pass all other. In the name of God, said Percivale, I shall essay to handle it. So he set his hand to the sword, but he might not begripe it.

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