grieven

English

Etymology

From grieve +‎ -en, as though from grief +‎ -en.

Verb

grieven (third-person singular simple present grievens, present participle grievening, simple past and past participle grievened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief
   • 1905, Marie Hansen Taylor, ‎Lilian Bayard Taylor Kiliani, On Two Continents: Memories of Half a Century, page 83:

     I find that the best train
     Is the morning express train,
     Which leaves Binghamton at 1:20,
     And gives me time enough, plenty,
     To get over the Hudson
     Before you've got your duds done
     On Saturday evening,
     So you needn't be grievening.

   • 1949, Siegfried Sassoon, Collected Poems, page 248:

     Now, in empty room and evening,
     I, that grievening vision facing, […]

   • 2004, Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden, page 135:

     His eyes was^[sic] still open and that grievened me enough to lean down and close them.

   • 2011, The Oru, Ramblings of a Near Earth-Shattering Nature, page 25:

     The freshness returned
     after Winter's harsh rule,
     Spring's grievened absence
     dismissed
     as her banners
     dance in the sky.

Synonyms

• grieve

Anagrams

• reeving, regiven, veering

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Noun

grieven

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of grief