begripe/bɪˈɡɹaɪp/EtymologyFrom 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.verbTo lay hold of; apprehend; grip; grasp.“He, with his middle feet, begriped his paunch, And took the arms with the anterior; And then he bit both one and other cheek.”