begrieve

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To grieve over or about.

   • […] and the nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the second who do begrieve Lucas's shameful condition and would improve it […]
   • He also marvels at a hoard of holy relics, begrieving the lack of care shown by their new keepers. Near Namur on the Meuse he describes a hermits' lodge carved in stone with the internal movable contrivance representing the Passion.
   • The logical inconsistency of "begrieving" a shameful condition, while postponing its abolition is the fundamental fault Baldwin finds with Faulkner's racial politics and white southern liberalism generally.
2. 2

   To cause grief or grieving.

   • It was begrieving to see how the intrusion of even a smattering of pride and moral standards could impede on what had always been a carefree, shiftless life.

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