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Webster 1913 Edition

Grieve

Grieve

(grēv)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grieved
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Grieving
.]
[OE.
greven
, OF.
grever
, fr. L.
gravare
to burden, oppress, fr.
gravis
heavy. See
Grief.
]
1.
To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
Grieve
not the Holy Spirit of God.
Eph. iv. 30.
The maidens
grieved
themselves at my concern.
Cowper,
2.
To sorrow over;
as, to
grieve
one’s fate
.
[R.]

Grieve

,
Verb.
I.
To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; – often followed by at, for, or over.
Do not you
grieve
at this.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Grieve

GRIEVE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. gravo, from gravis.]
1.
To give pain of mind to; to afflict; to wound the feelings. Nothing grieves a parent like the conduct of a profligate child.
2.
To afflict; to inflict pain on.
For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the
children of men. Lam.3.
3.
To make sorrowful; to excite regret in.
4.
To offend; to displease; to provoke.
Grieve not the holy Spirit of God. Eph.4.

GRIEVE

,
Verb.
I.
To feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn. We grieve at the loss of friends or property. We grieve at the misfortunes of others. We grieve for our own misfortunes, follies and vices, as well as for those of our children. It is followed by at or for.

Definition 2024

grieve

grieve

See also: griève

English

Verb

grieve ‎(third-person singular simple present grieves, present participle grieving, simple past and past participle grieved)

  1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
    • Bible, Eph. iv. 30
      Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
    • Cowper
      The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
  2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
    to grieve one's fate
  3. (intransitive) To experience grief.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To harm.
  5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance.
    • 2009 D'Amico, Rob, Editor, Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
      Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.
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Etymology 2

From Old English grœfa.

Noun

grieve ‎(plural grieves)

  1. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
  2. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.
Derived terms
  • grieveship

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Old French

Verb

grieve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of grever

Etymology

From the conjugated forms of Old French grever ‎(“to burden”), from Latin gravō, from adjective gravis ‎(“grave”).

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