impalmv.
/ɪmˈpɑːm/ rare.
transitive. To grasp or take in the palm of the hand; also figurative.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp
i-fangc888
gripc950
repeOE
befongOE
keepc1000
latchc1000
hentOE
begripec1175
becatchc1200
fang?c1200
i-gripea1225
warpa1225
fastenc1225
arepa1250
to set (one's) hand(s onc1290
kip1297
cleach?a1300
hendc1300
fasta1325
reachc1330
seizec1374
beclipc1380
takea1387
span1398
to seize on or upon1399
getc1440
handc1460
to catch hold1520
to take hold1530
to lay hold (up)on, of1535
grasple1553
to have by the backa1555
handfast1562
apprehend1572
grapple1582
to clap hold of1583
comprehend1584
graspa1586
attach1590
gripple1591
engrasp1593
clum1594
to seize of1600
begriple1607
fast hold1611
impalm1611
fista1616
to set (one's) hand to1638
to get one's hands on1649
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Empaulmer, to impaulme; to gripe, seise, lay full hand on.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ix. 319 Nature herself (whose grasp of time and place Deals out duration and impalms all space).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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