To hold, grasp, or grip.
To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration.
To depend upon.
To keep; to store something for someone.
To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
To wait a moment.
To persevere.
To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.
To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
To take possession of or claim (an idea, person, event, etc.) as one's own; to assimilate, absorb, annex, co-opt.