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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[=e]v), Greeve \Greeve\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[=e]v), verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grieve \Grieve\, verb (used without an object) 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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verb
1: feel grief [syn: {grieve}, {sorrow}]
2: cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother" [syn: {grieve}, {aggrieve}]
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