Verb

(head)

(captivate)

Verb

(captivat)

To attract and hold interest and attention of; charm.

* Washington Irving

small landscapes of captivating loveliness

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(obsolete) To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

* Shakespeare

Their woes whom fortune captivates .

* Glanvill

'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

Verb

(head)

(gripe)

Verb

(grip)

(obsolete) To make a grab (to'', ''towards'', ''at'' or ''upon something).

(archaic) To seize, grasp.

* Robynson (More's Utopia)

Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure?

To complain; to whine.

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To suffer griping pains.

(John Locke)

(nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

(obsolete) 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.

* Shakespeare

How inly sorrow gripes his soul.