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gripe verb1.
[Old English gripan = Old Frisian gripa, Old Saxon gripan (Dutch grijpen), Old High German grifan (German greifen), Old Norse gripa, Gothic greipan, from Germanic. Cf. GRIP noun1, GROPE noun, verb.]
verb intrans. Grasp or clutch something; seek to get a hold. Long rare. OE.
verb trans. Lay hold of, seize; get into one's power or possession. arch. OE.
verb trans. & intrans. Clutch or grip with the hand, claw, etc. arch. ME.
Milton Let each..gripe fast his orbed Shield.
b. verb trans. Embrace, encircle tightly. LME-M18.
verb trans. fig. Apprehend; comprehend. ME-M18.
verb trans. Grieve, distress, annoy. Now chiefly Scot. & N. Amer. M16.
verb trans. Produce spasmodic pain in (the bowels); affect with gripes or colic. Now chiefly as griped pa. pple. E17.
b. verb intrans. Produce pain in the bowels as if by constriction or contraction; cause gripes. E18.
Nautical.
a. verb intrans. Of a ship: turn to face the wind in spite of the helm. E17.
b. verb trans. Secure (a boat) with gripes. M19.
verb trans. Close (the fingers) tightly; clench (the fist). rare. M17-E18.
verb trans. & intrans. Oppress (someone) by miserly or penurious treatment; pinch, squeeze. arch. M17.
Dickens He feeds the poor baby when he himself is griped with want.
verb intrans. Complain, grumble, grouse. colloq. M20.
W. Wharton Lotte's griping because I'm dividing her place.
griper noun (a) a thing which gripes; (b) a person who oppresses others by extortionate or miserly means; (c) colloq. a person who complains or grumbles: L16.
griping ppl adjective that gripes, that clutches tightly; grasping; painful, distressing: M16.
gripingly adverb E17.
gripingness noun L17.