(a) To seize (sth.) quickly or violently, snatch, grab; draw (a knife), take (sb. by the hand); ~ up; ~ ut, whip out (a knife); (b) to make a grab, reach, snatch; (c) to attack (sb.), persecute; also, strive, fight; (d) to get (sth.); permit (sth.), allow; receive (sb. into the Church).