"lay hold upon" meaning in All languages combined

See lay hold upon on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: lays hold upon [present, singular, third-person], laying hold upon [participle, present], laid hold upon [participle, past], laid hold upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> hold upon}} lay hold upon (third-person singular simple present lays hold upon, present participle laying hold upon, simple past and past participle laid hold upon)
  1. Alternative form of lay hold of Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lay hold of
    Sense id: en-lay_hold_upon-en-verb-80LI-BW~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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