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ἐπιλαμβάνω

Pronunciation: /e.pi.lam.bá.nɔː/

“ἐπιλαμβάνω” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 17 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to take or get besides
  2. to take, receive
  3. to lay hold of, seize, attack
  4. to overtake, surprise; to befall
  5. to reach
  6. to seize, stop
  7. to occupy
  8. to undertake
  9. to succeed, follow
  10. to hold on by, lay hold of, catch at
  11. to attack
  12. to arrest, seize
  13. to get hold of, obtain
  14. to reach (a place)
  15. to touch on
  16. to interrupt
  17. to object to

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “upon”) + λᾰμβᾰ́νω (lămbắnō, “to take, receive”).

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