GRIEVINGS

Noun

grievings

plural of grieving

Source: Wiktionary

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GRIEVING

Griev"ing, a.

Definition: Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.

– n.

Definition: The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.

– Griev'ing-ly, adv. Shak.

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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