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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[emac]v), v. 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.] | |
