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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.
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 In this sense, it is nearly superseded by grieve.2.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.
Definition 2025
aggrieve
aggrieve
English
Verb
aggrieve (third-person singular simple present aggrieves, present participle aggrieving, simple past and past participle aggrieved)
- (transitive) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
Usage notes
Now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.
Translations
to grieve, to lament
References
- aggrieve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913