Upsnatch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Upsnatch is a verb meaning (transitive) To seize or snatch up.
Meaning
(transitive) To seize or snatch up.
Example Sentences
With Zephyr from his palace in the west, thou dost upsnatch the Twins from cradled rest, And strain them to thy breast, [...]
With pity struck, with horror for my deed, The babe upsnatch'd away I bore with speed ; And, knowing Zion should be captive led, Far to these mountains of the East I sped.
To her the wood-ivy, like a spirit, hovers round the old hawthorn, and everywhere "mystic Presences of power" "upsnatch" her "to the timeless, then return" her "to the Hour."
Word Forms
- upsnatches
- upsnatching
- upsnatched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snatch, snag, resnatch, snaffle, foresnatch, snap.
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