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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.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
aggrieve
v 1: infringe on the rights of in law
2: break the heart of cause to feel sorrow [syn: {grieve}]
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