gripe (v.) Old form(s): grip'd
clutch, grasp, seize
1H4 V.i.57[Worcester to King Henry] You took occasion ... / To gripe the general sway into your hand
3H6 I.iv.171[Northumberland to all, of York] see how inly sorrow gripes his soul
H8 II.ii.134[Wolsey to Campeius] We live not to be griped by meaner persons
KJ IV.ii.190[Hubert to King John, of the people] he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist
MW I.iii.80[Pistol as if to Falstaff] Let vultures gripe thy guts!
Per I.i.50[Pericles to Antiochus] sick men ... / Gripe not at earthly joys
R2 II.i.189[York to King Richard] Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands / The royalties and rights of banished Hereford?
R2 III.iii.80[King Richard to his opponents] no hand ... / Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre / Unless he do profane, steal, or usurp
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