Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clasp \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
   1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to
      shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a
      clasp).

   2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to
      grasp; to embrace.

   3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. ``Clasping
      ivy.'' --Milton.