enclasp
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of enclasp
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As long, gnarl'd roots enclasp Some red boulder, fierce entwine His strong fingers, in their grasp Bowl of bright Caecuban wine.
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford
See! see! on highest roof he stands—the fiery wave Fierce rolling round—his arms enclasp the child—God help him yet to save!
From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various
Again the shout triumphant shakes the bay; Form'd as a crescent, wedg'd in firm array, Their fleet's wide horns the Lusian ships enclasp, Prepar'd to crush them in their iron grasp.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
And foes enclasp in friends' embrace, Dunallan and young Donald.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
Inclasp, in-klasp′, v.t. to clasp to: to enclasp.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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