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Grieving definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRIE'VING, ppr. Giving pain; afflicting.
1. Sorrowing; exercised with grief; mourning.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grieving Griev"ing, a. Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved. -- Griev"ing*ly, adv. --Shak.

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.]