Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
GRIEVES
Noun
grieves
plural of grieve
Verb
grieves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grieve
Anagrams
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Proper noun
Grieves
plural of Grieve
Anagrams
• regives
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
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