Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

begripe

/bɪˈɡɹaɪp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-gripe
IPA: /bɪˈɡɹaɪp/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From Middle English begripen, bigripen, from Old English begrīpan (“to grip, seize, lay hold of; chide”), from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + gripe.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: begripen, begrīpan, *bigrīpan

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

begripes (present, singular) begriping (participle, present) begriped (participle, past) begriped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

begrip

Questions

How do you pronounce begripe?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈɡɹaɪp/.
What does begripe mean?: To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.
Where does begripe come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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