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English Dictionary: aggrieve by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aggrieve
v
  1. infringe on the rights of
  2. cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"
    Synonym(s): grieve, aggrieve
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aggrieve \Ag*grieve"\, v. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aggrieve \Ag*grieve"\, v. i.
      To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]
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