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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

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.
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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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2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
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