Definition of Grasp

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Definition of Grasp

Grasp

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.

To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.

A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.

Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.

Forcible possession; hold.

Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

The handle of a sword or of an oar.

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Grasp Quotations

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
Abraham Lincoln

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Mohandas Gandhi

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
Ansel Adams

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Charles de Gaulle

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?
William Osler

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
James Dean

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
Pope John Paul II

Leaders grasp nettles.
David Ogilvy

Grasp Translations

grasp in Afrikaans is gryp
grasp in Danish is gribe
grasp in Dutch is bemachtigen, aangrijpen, grijpen
grasp in German is greife, Zugriff, Fassungsgabe, Griff
grasp in Italian is comprendere, prendere, impaccare
grasp in Latin is complectus, occupo, prehendo, contineo
grasp in Portuguese is aperto
grasp in Spanish is empu ar, agarrar, idear
grasp in Swedish is grepp, tag i, uppfatta, gripa tag i, tag, fatta

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