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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gripe \Gripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Griped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Griping}.] [AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen G. greifen, OHG.
gr?fan, Icel. gripa, Sw gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan
cf Lith. graibyti Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah,
grabh, to seize. Cf {Grip}, v. t., {Grope}.]
1. To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers;
to clutch.
2. To seize and hold fast to embrace closely.
Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ?
--Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
3. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and
spasmodic pain to the bowels of as by the effects of
certain purgative or indigestible substances.
How inly sorrow gripes his soul. --Shak.
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