CLASP

clasp. Clasp, v.t. to embrace, hug, hold fast, close, fasten

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Clasp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clasped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping] [[OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]] 1. 1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
2. 2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
3. 3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. “Clasping ivy.” Milton.