Meanings (ES + gloss)
aferrar • agarrar • aprehender • asir
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
comprehender • comprender
To understand.
I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
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