grieve
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old English grœfa
Noun [edit]
grieve (plural grieves)
- (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
- (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
- Sir Walter Scott
- Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.
- Sir Walter Scott
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravare, from adjective gravis (“grave”).
Verb [edit]
grieve (third-person singular simple present grieves, present participle grieving, simple past and past participle grieved)
- (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress.
- (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- (intransitive) To experience grief.
- (transitive, archaic) To harm.
- (transitive) To submit or file a grievance.
- 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:
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Translations [edit]
to cause sorrow
to feel very sad about
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to experience grief
