enclasp

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As long, gnarl'd roots enclasp

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  • As long, gnarl'd roots enclasp —  Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems
  • Wherein armed justice will enclasp its sword, —  Tecumseh : a Drama
  • Fierce rolling round -- his arms enclasp the child -- God help him yet to save! —  Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two
  • "I swear to you, my girl, that if women warriors were like the woodman's daughter, I would cast away all arms except these with which to enclasp her." —  The Strong Arm
  • The banks are charmingly wooded with acacias of many varieties, some thorned like the fabled Zakkum, others parachute-shaped, and planted in impenetrable thickets: huge white creepers, snake-shaped, enclasp giant trees, or connect with their cordage the higher boughs, or depend like cables from the lower branches to the ground. —  First Footsteps in East Africa
 

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/ɛn, ɪnˈklæsp/
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