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Vinony

grieve

verb

  1. (cause to) feel extreme sadness
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːv/

name

Etymology: English surname, from Middle English greyve (“steward, bailiff, principal officer”). Compare Reeve, Sheriff. Also sometimes a variant of Grave.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German grēve, grâve, related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ġerēfa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve.

  1. A governor of a town or province.
  2. A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

    “1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.”

    “[T]heir children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing; […]”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”). For the meaning development compare Russian тяготи́ть (tjagotítʹ, “to be a burden (on), to oppress”), Russian тужи́ть (tužítʹ, “to experience grief”), related to тяжёлый (tjažólyj, “heavy, grave”), тя́жкий (tjážkij).

  1. To cause sorrow or distress to.

    “Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.”

  2. To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

    “to grieve one's fate”

  3. To experience grief.
  4. To harm.
  5. To submit or file a grievance (about).

    “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.”