Latin verb meaning 'seize' or 'pluck', most famously used in the phrase 'carpe diem' (seize the day). Encourages taking advantage of present opportunities.
From Latin 'carpere' meaning to pluck, gather, or seize. Originally used for harvesting fruit or flowers, the metaphorical sense of grasping opportunities developed in Roman poetry, especially Horace's famous 'carpe diem'.
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