Grasp vs. Hent
Graspverb
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
Hentverb
(obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
Graspverb
To understand.
‘I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.’;
Hentverb
(obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.
Graspverb
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
Hentverb
To clear; to go beyond.
Graspnoun
Grip.
Hentverb
To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get.
‘This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast.’; ‘But all that he might of his friendes henteOn bookes and on learning he it spente.’;
Graspnoun
Understanding.
Graspnoun
That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
‘The goal is within my grasp.’;
Graspverb
To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
‘Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff.’;
Graspverb
To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
Graspverb
To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
‘As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued.’;
Graspnoun
A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
Graspnoun
Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.
Graspnoun
Forcible possession; hold.
‘The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp.’;
Graspnoun
Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.
‘The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors.’;
Graspnoun
The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Graspnoun
understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something;
‘he has a good grasp of accounting practices’;
Graspnoun
the limit of capability;
‘within the compass of education’;
Graspnoun
a firm controlling influence;
‘they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities’; ‘he was in the grip of a powerful emotion’; ‘a terrible power had her in its grasp’;
Graspnoun
the act of grasping;
‘he released his clasp on my arm’; ‘he has a strong grip for an old man’; ‘she kept a firm hold on the railing’;
Graspverb
hold firmly
Graspverb
get the meaning of something;
‘Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?’;
Grasp
A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand. An example of a grasp is the handshake, wherein two people grasp one of each other's like hands.
