begrip

From be- +‎ grip. Compare begripe.

begrip (third-person singular simple present begrips, present participle begripping, simple past and past participle begripped)

1. (transitive) To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
   • 1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:

     Then the girdled hilt seiz'd he, the Wolf of the Scyldings, The rough and the sword-grim, and drew forth the ring-sword, Naught weening of life, and wrathful he smote then So that there on her halse the hard edge begripped, [...]

   • 1913, Archibald Allan, Space and personality:

     They try to begrip by conceptions that which no conception can grasp save when conception is full-open with consciousness, and identical with it.

   • 1913, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness:

     Then parted Frowin and Garnum, and, hands begripped, they solemnly repeated the foster-brother oath: "Thy kin will I protect; thy honor will I guard. Parted or together, when thou diest then will I die also: [...]

   • 2002, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals:

     A blissful/blessed body, arrayed in a rich manner in royal garments: all with glistening gold his gown was hemmed, with many a precious pearl placed thereon, and a girdle of gold begripped his waist; a great mantle was over that, [...]

   • 2012, Wilyem Clark, Steadfast:

     He came to be known as Peritus because he seemed expert at every task he begripped him.

• clasp, clutch, grasp; See also Thesaurus:grasp

From Middle Dutch begrip, from Old Dutch *bigrip. Formed based on begrijpen from the original nominative form of greep.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɣrɪp/

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• Hyphenation: be‧grip
• Rhymes: -ɪp

begrip n (plural begrippen, diminutive begripje n)

1. understanding, comprehension

   Ik heb geen begrip van wiskunde.

   I have no comprehension of mathematics.

   Dat gaat mijn begrip te boven.

   That is beyond my comprehension.

   Synonym: onbegrip

2. understanding, empathy

   Ze was vol begrip.

   She was full of understanding.

3. notion, concept, term

   Verklaar dit begrip.

   Explain this notion.

4. institution (well-known entity)

   Die bakker is echt een begrip in deze plaats.

   That bakery is an institution in this town.

• begrijpelijk
• begrijpen

• Afrikaans: begrip

begrip

1. imperative of begripe

begrip

1. imperative of begripa.