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Webster 1913 Edition

Aggrieve

Ag-grieve′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Aggrieved
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Aggrieving
.]
[OE.
agreven
, OF.
agrever
;
a
(L.
ad
) +
grever
to burden, injure, L.
gravare
to weigh down, fr.
gravis
heavy. See
Grieve
, and cf.
Aggravate
.]
To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one’s rights; to bear heavily upon; – now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.
Aggrieved
by oppression and extortion.
Macaulay.

Ag-grieve′

,
Verb.
I.
To grieve; to lament.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Aggrieve

AGGRIE'VE

,
Verb.
T.
[of ad and grieve from grief. See Grief and Grave.]
1.
To give pain or sorrow; to afflict. In this sense, it is nearly superseded by grieve.
2.
To bear hard upon; to oppress or injure, in one's rights; to vex or harass by civil or political injustice.

AGGRIE'VE

,
Verb.
I.
To mourn; to lament. [Not used. See Grieve.]

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