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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRIEVE, v.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. Lamentations 3.
3. To make sorrowful; to excite regret in.
4. To offend; to displease; to provoke.
Grieve not the holy Spirit of God. Ephesians 4.
GRIEVE, v.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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: feel grief [syn: grieve, sorrow]
2: cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother" [syn: grieve, aggrieve]

Merriam Webster's

verb (grieved; grieving) Etymology: Middle English greven, from Anglo-French grever, from Latin gravare to burden, from gravis heavy, grave; akin to Greek barys heavy, Sanskrit guru Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to cause to suffer ; distress <it grieves me to see him this way> 2. to feel or show grief over <grieving the death of her son> 3. to submit a formal grievance concerning <grieve a dismissal> intransitive verb to feel grief ; sorrow • griever noun

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Christopher Murray — see Hugh MacDiarmid

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. 1 tr. cause grief or great distress to. 2 intr. suffer grief, esp. at another's death. Derivatives: griever n. Etymology: ME f. OF grever ult. f. L gravare f. gravis heavy 2. n. Sc. a farm-bailiff; an overseer. Etymology: OE groe.fa: cf. REEVE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grieve Grieve (gr[=e]v), Greeve Greeve, n. [AS. ger[=e]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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grieve Grieve (gr[=e]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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(grieves, grieving, grieved) 1. If you grieve over something, especially someone's death, you feel very sad about it. He's grieving over his dead wife and son... I didn't have any time to grieve... Margery's grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss. VERB: V prep, V, V-ing 2. If you are grieved by something, it makes you unhappy or upset. He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people... I was grieved to hear of the suicide of James... It grieved me to see the poor man in such distress. VERB: be V-ed by/at n, be V-ed to-inf, it V n to-inf, also V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Afflict, pain, hurt, distress, sadden, agonize, break one's heart, wound the feelings of, make sorrowful. II. v. n. Sorrow, mourn, lament, suffer, bewail, feel regret, be sad, be heavy-hearted, be in pain of mind, be anguished.

Moby Thesaurus

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