grieve

Definitions


[ɡriːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- feel intense sorrow
(e.g: she grieved for her father)


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Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘harm, oppress’): from Old French grever ‘burden, encumber’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’ (see grave)


[ɡriːv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an overseer, manager, or bailiff on a farm


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century: related to reeve




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