GRIEVED
Verb
grieved
simple past tense and past participle of grieve
Anagrams
• diverge
Source: Wiktionary
GRIEVE
Grieve, Greeve, n. Etym: [AS. ger. Cf. Reeve an officer.]
Definition: A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a
manorial bailiff. [Scot.]
Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. Sir W. Scott.
Grieve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Grieving.] Etym:
[OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare to burden, oppress, fr.
gravis heavy. See Grief.]
1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make
sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try.
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30.
The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper,
2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]
Grieve, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Do not you grieve at this. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition