grieve, aggrieve
(verb) cause to feel sorrow; “his behavior grieves his mother”
aggrieve
(verb) infringe on the rights of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aggrieve (third-person singular simple present aggrieves, present participle aggrieving, simple past and past participle aggrieved)
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
Now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.
Source: Wiktionary
Ag*grieve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrieving.] Etym: [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf. Aggravate.]
Definition: To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.
Ag*grieve", v. i.
Definition: To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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