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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snatch \Snatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snatched}; p. pr & vb n.
{Snatching}.] [OE. snachen snechen akin to D. snakken to
gasp, to long (for), to desire. Cf {Snack}, n., {Sneck}.]
1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission
or ceremony; as to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take
--Pope.
2. To seize and transport away to rap. ``Snatch me to
heaven.'' --Thomson.
Syn: To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe.
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