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enclasp, v.|ɛnˈklɑːsp, -ˈklæsp|
Also 7 inclasp (inclaps).
[f. en-1 + clasp n. and v.]
trans. To hold in or as in a clasp or embrace; to clasp tightly; also fig. Hence enˈclasping ppl. a.
1596C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake (1881) 14 Enclaspeth with her winged eminence The worlds orbicular circumference. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 106 You are inclasped in..inextricable nets. a1618J. Davies Bien Venu Wks. (1876) 5 (D.) O Union, that enclaspest in thyne armes All that in Heau'n and Earth is great or good. 1647Cudworth Serm. 1 John ii. 3–4 (1676) 65 He..inclaspeth the whole world within his outstretched arms. 1783Lemon Eng. Lang. Pref. 1 (Jod.) Why do the ivy and eglantine enclasp so eagerly their oak? 1834Disraeli Rev. Epick i. xlix. 5 Thy fond hand still I enclasp. 1848H. Miller First Impr. v. (1857) 81 Grey lichened rocks, enclasped by sprigs of ivy. 1877M. Arnold Poems II. 17 The islands feel the enclasping flow. |