Meaning

1 senses

  1. To lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.

Origin

From Middle English begripen, bigripen, from Old English begrīpan (“to grip, seize, lay ho

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.

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Forms

begripes, begriping, begriped, begriped
Base formbegripe · to begripe
3rd person singularbegripes
Present participlebegriping
Past simplebegriped
Past participlebegriped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybegripe
he, she, itbegripes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbegriped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave begriped
he, she, ithas begriped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill begripe

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbegrip

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beginnerA2beginningA2begonebegrudgebeguilebehalfB1behaveB1
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