Grieve

v. t. [imp. & p. p. GRIEVED; p. pr. & vb. n. GRIEVING.] [O. Fr. griever, grever, Pr. grevar, greviar, gravar, Sp. & Pg. gravar, It. gravare, from Lat. gravare, to burden, oppress. See GRIEVANCE, GRIEF, AGGRIEVE.]

1Sense 1. To occasion grief to; to inflict mental pain upon; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.

He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve, the children of men. Lam. iii. 23.

The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper.

2Sense 2. To sorrow over; to mourn; as, to grieve one's fate. [Rare.]

v. i. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; — often followed by at or for.

Do not you grieve at this. Shak.

n. [A-S. gerefa, or Gael. grāf.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.]

Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing. W. Scott.