grieven

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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.

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Noun

grieven

  1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of grief