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clasping |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clasp \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr & vb n. {Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen prob. akin to E. clap.] 1. To shut or fasten together with or as with a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp). 2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace. 3. To surround and cling to to entwine about ``Clasping ivy.'' --Milton.
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