Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to begripe
Participle: begriped
Gerund: begriping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | begripe |
| you | begripe |
| he;she;it | begripes |
| we | begripe |
| you | begripe |
| they | begripe |
Perfect
| I | have begriped |
| you | have begriped |
| he;she;it | has begriped |
| we | have begriped |
| you | have begriped |
| they | have begriped |
Past
| I | begriped |
| you | begriped |
| he;she;it | begriped |
| we | begriped |
| you | begriped |
| they | begriped |
Pluperfect
| I | had begriped |
| you | had begriped |
| he;she;it | had begriped |
| we | had begriped |
| you | had begriped |
| they | had begriped |
Future
| I | will begripe |
| you | will begripe |
| he;she;it | will begripe |
| we | will begripe |
| you | will begripe |
| they | will begripe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have begriped |
| you | will have begriped |
| he;she;it | will have begriped |
| we | will have begriped |
| you | will have begriped |
| they | will have begriped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | begripe |
| you | begripe |
| he;she;it | begripe |
| we | begripe |
| you | begripe |
| they | begripe |
Perfect
| I | have begriped |
| you | have begriped |
| he;she;it | have begriped |
| we | have begriped |
| you | have begriped |
| they | have begriped |
Imperfect
| I | begriped |
| you | begriped |
| he;she;it | begriped |
| we | begriped |
| you | begriped |
| they | begriped |
Pluperfect
| I | had begriped |
| you | had begriped |
| he;she;it | had begriped |
| we | had begriped |
| you | had begriped |
| they | had begriped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would begripe |
| you | would begripe |
| he;she;it | would begripe |
| we | would begripe |
| you | would begripe |
| they | would begripe |
Perfect
| I | would have begriped |
| you | would have begriped |
| he;she;it | would have begriped |
| we | would have begriped |
| you | would have begriped |
| they | would have begriped |
Imperative
| you | begripe |
| we | Let's begripe |
| you | begripe |
Verbs conjugated like 'begripe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'begripe'
begrime,
begrip,
bagpipe,
bedrape,
bedrip,
begrace,
begrave,
beguide,
beguile,
berime,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English begripen, bigripen, from Old English begrīpan (“to grip, seize, lay hold of; chide”), from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + gripe.
Sample Sentences
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He, with his middle feet, begriped his paunch, And took the arms with the anterior; And then he bit both one and other cheek. [1865, Dante Alighieri, The Comedy of Dante Allighieri. [sic]: Part I--The Hell:]
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And as for this sword there shall never man begripe it at the handle but one, but he shall pass all other. In the name of God, said Percivale, I shall essay to handle it. So he set his hand to the sword, but he might not begripe it. [1899, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Edward Strachey, William Caxton, Le morte Darthur:]