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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grieve v 1: feel grief; eat one's heart out [syn: {sorrow}] 2: break the heart of cause to feel sorrow [syn: {aggrieve}]
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