What is to seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure Robynson (More's Utopia) called?
gripe — To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure Robynson (More's Utopia). (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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