grieve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grieve	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for grieve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grieve v feel grief Synonym(s): grieve, sorrow cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother" Synonym(s): grieve, aggrieve
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grieve \Grieve\, v. 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. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[emac]v), Greeve \Greeve\, n. [AS. ger[emac]fa. Cf. {Reeve} an officer.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.] Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. --Sir W. Scott.