grieve
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ɡɹiːv/
- Rhymes: -iːv
Etymology 1
From Middle English greven, borrowed from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”).
Verb
grieve (third-person singular simple present grieves, present participle grieving, simple past and past participle grieved)
- (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
- Bible, Eph. iv. 30
- Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
- Cowper
- The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
- Bible, Eph. iv. 30
- (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- to grieve one's fate
- (intransitive) To experience grief.
- (transitive, archaic) To harm.
- (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
- 2009 D'Amico, Rob, Editor, Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
- 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.
- 2009 D'Amico, Rob, Editor, Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
Derived terms
Translations
to cause sorrow to
to feel very sad about
to experience grief
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Etymology 2
From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German grēve, grâve, related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ġerēfa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve.
Noun
grieve (plural grieves)
Derived terms
- grieveship
Old French
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