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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grieving \Griev"ing\, a.
Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing
grief; the state of being grieved. -- {Griev"ing*ly}, adv
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
grieving
adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
[syn: {bereaved}, {bereft}, {grief-stricken}, {mourning(a)},
{sorrowing(a)}]
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