Etymology : Middle English greven, from Old French grever, from Latin gravare to burden, from gravis heavy, grave; akin to Greek barys heavy, Sanskrit guru
Pronunciation : 'grEv
Function : verb
Date : 13th century
1. cause sorrow; sorrow, mourn. grieve\grieve\ (grēv), greeve \greeve\, n. [as. gerēfa. 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. w. scott.grieve \grieve\ (grēv), 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.].
2. 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. iv.
3. the maidens grieved themselves at my concern. ,.
4. to sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [r.]grieve \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. do not you grieve at this.grieve v.
5. feel grief; eat one's heart out [syn: sorrow].
6. break the heart of; cause to feel sorrow [syn: aggrieve].
7. A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.
8. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
9. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.
10. 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. feel grief; eat one's heart out break the heart of; cause to feel sorrow.
11. 1. If you grieve over something, especially someone's death, you feel very sad about it. He's grieving over his dead wife and son I didn't have any time to grieve Margery's grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss.
12. If you are grieved by something, it makes you unhappy or upset. He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people I was grieved to hear of the suicide of James It grieved me to see:
the poor man in such distress.