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Definition of Grieve
1. Verb. Feel grief. "Sam and Sue grieve over the results of the experiment"
Generic synonyms: Suffer
Specialized synonyms: Mourn, Compassionate, Condole With, Feel For, Pity, Sympathize With
Derivative terms: Griever, Sorrow, Sorrow, Sorrow, Sorrow, Sorrower
2. Verb. Cause to feel sorrow. "The bad news will grieve him"; "His behavior grieves his mother"
Definition of Grieve
1. n. A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.
2. v. t. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
3. v. i. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.
Definition of Grieve
1. Noun. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To experience grief. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive archaic) To harm. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grieve
1. to feel grief [v GRIEVED, GRIEVING, GRIEVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grieve
Literary usage of Grieve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"It was on grieve's recommendation that the ' Queen's Wake ' was published, and
in regard to the more generous support given him by grieve and his partner, ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"grieve found distinctive fossils in these strata, that the Carboniferous ...
The fossils found by Mr. grieve at Lochend he enumerates as follows :—Of Plants ..."
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