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grieved |
1 definition found 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.]
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