The word 'fear' is grasped and understood when one learns the meaning of it from the books or is explained by someone. The spelling learnt, the vocabulary grasped and the dictionary definition understood. However, when one actually feels it, say having met with an accident or living through a grave illness, then the word 'fear' gains more than what was learnt.
In the earlier instance, we grasp 'fear'; in the latter, fear grasps me! Earlier the self grasps the notion of fear, while in the latter self is gripped by fear! (Designative vs the constitutive)
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