Etymology

From be- +‎ gripCategory:English terms prefixed with be-#GRIP. Compare begripe.

Verb

begrip (third-person singular simple present begrips, present participle begripping, simple past and past participle begripped)Category:English lemmas#BEGRIPCategory:English verbs#BEGRIPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with entries#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEGRIP

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEGRIP) To grip around or about; get a grip on; grasp.
   • 1911, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris:

     Then the girdled hilt seiz'd he, the Wolf of the Scyldings, The rough and the sword-grim, and drew forth the ring-sword, Naught weening of life, and wrathful he smote then So that there on her halse the hard edge begripped, [...]

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   • 1913, Archibald Allan, Space and personality:

     They try to begrip by conceptions that which no conception can grasp save when conception is full-open with consciousness, and identical with it.

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   • 1913, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The smart set: a magazine of cleverness:

     Then parted Frowin and Garnum, and, hands begripped, they solemnly repeated the foster-brother oath: "Thy kin will I protect; thy honor will I guard. Parted or together, when thou diest then will I die also: [...]

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   • 2002, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals:

     A blissful/blessed body, arrayed in a rich manner in royal garments: all with glistening gold his gown was hemmed, with many a precious pearl placed thereon, and a girdle of gold begripped his waist; a great mantle was over that, [...]

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   • 2012, Wilyem Clark, Steadfast:

     He came to be known as Peritus because he seemed expert at every task he begripped him.

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Etymology

From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#BEGRIPCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#BEGRIP begrip, from Middle DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEGRIPCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEGRIP begrip, from Old DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEGRIPCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch#BEGRIP *bigrip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈχrəp/Category:Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation#BEGRIP

Noun

begrip (plural begrippe)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BEGRIPCategory:Afrikaans nouns#BEGRIPCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with entries#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEGRIP

1. notion, concept, term
2. understanding, comprehension
3. understanding, empathy

Etymology

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#BEGRIPCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#BEGRIP begrip, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BEGRIPCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BEGRIP *bigrip. Formed as a deverbal from begrijpenCategory:Dutch deverbals#BEGRIP from the original nominative form of greep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɣrɪp/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BEGRIP

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• Hyphenation: be‧grip
• Rhymes: -ɪpCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪp#BEGRIPCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪp/2 syllables#BEGRIP

Noun

begrip n (plural begrippen, diminutive begripje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BEGRIPCategory:Dutch nouns#BEGRIPCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BEGRIPCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BEGRIPCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with entries#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEGRIP

1. understanding, comprehension

   Antonym: onbegrip

   Ik heb geen begrip van wiskunde.

   I have no comprehension of mathematics.

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   Dat gaat mijn begrip te boven.

   That is beyond my comprehension.

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2. understanding, empathy

   Ze was vol begrip.

   She was full of understanding.

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3. notion, concept, term

   Verklaar dit begrip.

   Explain this notion.

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4. institution (well-known entity)

   Die bakker is echt een begrip in deze plaats.

   That bakery is an institution in this town.

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Verb

begripCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#BEGRIPCategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#BEGRIPCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with entries#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEGRIP

1. imperative of begripe

Verb

begripCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#BEGRIPCategory:Swedish verb forms#BEGRIPCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with entries#BEGRIPCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BEGRIP

1. imperative of begripa