GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Grieve , Greeve, n. [AS. gerēfa. Cf. Reeve an officer.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.]
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   Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Grieve , 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.]
   To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
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   Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
   Eph. iv. 30.
   
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   The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
   Cowper,
   
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   To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
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   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.
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   Do not you grieve at this.
   Shak.
   
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