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enclasped

verb

past tense of enclasp
as in hugged
to put one's arms around and press tightly reached around and enclasped all four children at once

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  1. hugged
  2. clasped
Verb
  • Squeezing a football pitch into a space designed for baseball made for an awkward and unusual look, particularly in terms of how some seats almost hugged the touchline as others sat 60 or so yards back.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The 93-year-old acting icon hugged her co-stars Taika Waititi, Pamela Anderson and Murray Bartlett while the crowd cheered for her emotional performance as an elderly woman who goes on a road trip to return a pigeon.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hugged
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  • Davis stood with his lawyer as the verdict was read, then sat with his hands clasped on the table.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In a 1987 article for the New York Times, Albuquerque jewelry salesman Manny Goodman recalls seeing Native Americans wearing bandanas clasped with silver conches as early as the 1930s.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of clasped
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