grieve
verbEtymology
From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”). For the meaning development compare Russian тяготи́ть (tjagotítʹ, “to be a burden (on), to oppress”), Russian тужи́ть (tužítʹ, “to experience grief”), related to тяжёлый (tjažólyj, “heavy, grave”), тя́жкий (tjážkij).
Definitions
To cause sorrow or distress to.
- Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.
To feel very sad about
To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- to grieve one's fate
To experience grief.
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To harm.
To submit or file a grievance (about).
- Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees.
A governor of a town or province.
A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
- 1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.
- [T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
begrieve, engrieve, grievable, grieved, grieven, griever, grievesome, grievingly, grievor, misgrieve, un-grieve, ungrieve, ungrieving, grieveship
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA