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grieve

grieve [ greev ] (past and past participle grieved, present participle griev·ing, 3rd person present singular grieves)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb experience intense sorrow: to experience great sadness over something such as a death

2. transitive verb make sad: to cause great sadness to somebody

[Pre-12th century. Via Old French grever "to burden" < Latin gravare< gravis "heavy, grave"]

griev·er noun
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