Definition of Enclasping

1. Verb. (present participle of enclasp) ¹

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Definition of Enclasping

1. enclasp [v] - See also: enclasp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enclasping

enciphers
encircle
encircled
encirclement
encirclements
encircles
encirclet
encirclets
encircling
encircling(a)
encise
encite
encitement
enclasp
enclasped
enclasping (current term)
enclasps
enclave
enclaved
enclavement
enclavements
enclaves
enclaving
enclin'd
encline
enclined
enclines
enclises
enclisis
enclitic

Literary usage of Enclasping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1861)
"Him passing urge thy supplication keen My mother's knees enclasping. If but she Think kindness in her heart, good hope, I ween, ..."

2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1861)
"Him passing urge thy supplication keen My mother's knees enclasping. If but she Think kindness in her heart, good hope, I ween, Remains, however far thy ..."

3. The Age of Fable; Or, Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, John Loughran Scott (1898)
"... yon cerulean height; No orbing moon repair'd her horns of light; No earth, self-poised, on liquid ether hung; Nosea its world-enclasping waters flung. ..."

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