aggrieve
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English agreven, Old French agrever; a (Latin ad) + grever (“to burden, injure”), Latin gravare (“to weigh down”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grieve, and compare with aggravate.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʌˈɡɹiv/
[edit] Verb
aggrieve (third-person singular simple present aggrieves, present participle aggrieving, simple past and past participle aggrieved)
- (transitive) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
[edit] Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
|
[edit] References
- aggrieve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
