Grieve

  • 21grieve — grievedly /gree vid lee, greevd /, adv. griever, n. grievingly, adv. /greev/, v., grieved, grieving. v.i. 1. to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years. v.t. 2. to distress mentally; cause to feel grief… …

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  • 22griève — ⇒GRIEF1, GRIÈVE, adj. Vx, littér. A. Grave, accablant. Que nul ici ne sorte de sa chambre demain sans mon ordre, sous peine de quelque griève pénitence (BALZAC, Me Cornélius, 1831, p. 261). « Mesdames », fit la marquise, « choisissons les plus… …

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  • 23grieve — UK [ɡriːv] / US [ɡrɪv] verb Word forms grieve : present tense I/you/we/they grieve he/she/it grieves present participle grieving past tense grieved past participle grieved 1) [intransitive/transitive] to feel extremely sad because someone has… …

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  • 24grieve — [[t]gri͟ːv[/t]] grieves, grieving, grieved 1) VERB If you grieve over something, especially someone s death, you feel very sad about it. [V prep] He s grieving over his dead wife and son... I didn t have any time to grieve... [V ing] Margery s… …

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  • 25grieve — verb 1 (I, T) to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died: People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one. | grieve sth: The family grieved the loss of its only son. 2 (T) if something grieves you, it makes you… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26grieve — see what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over do not grieve that rose trees have thorns, rather rejoice that thorny bushes bear roses …

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  • 27grieve — verb (grieved; grieving) Etymology: Middle English greven, from Anglo French grever, from Latin gravare to burden, from gravis heavy, grave; akin to Greek barys heavy, Sanskrit guru Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to cause to suffer ;… …

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  • 28grieve — 1. noun /ɡɹiːv/ A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm. 2. verb /ɡɹiːv/ a) To cause sorrow or distress. 2009 DAmico, Rob, Editor, Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers …

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  • 29Grieve — Recorded in several spellings including: Greave, Greeve, Grieve, Greaves, Greeves, and Greves, this is an English surname. It is either locational from the former hamlet of Greaves in the parish of Preston, Lancashire, or it is topographical from …

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  • 30grieve — verb ADVERB ▪ deeply ▪ She had grieved deeply for her father. ▪ privately, silently ▪ still PREPOSITION ▪ …

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