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| grieve [ greev ] (past and past participle grieved, present participle griev·ing, 3rd person present singular grieves) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb experience intense sorrow: to experience great sadness over something such as a death
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2. transitive verb make sad: to cause great sadness to somebody
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| [Pre-12th century. Via Old French grever "to burden" < Latin gravare< gravis "heavy, grave"] |
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 griev·er noun |
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