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grieve

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verb/ɡɹiːv/
  1. 1

    To cause sorrow or distress to.transitive

    • Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.
  2. 2

    To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.transitive

    • to grieve one's fate
  3. 3

    To experience grief.intransitive

  4. 4

    To harm.archaictransitive

  5. 5

    To submit or file a grievance (about).transitive

    • Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees.
noun/ɡɹiːv/
  1. 1

    A governor of a town or province.obsolete

  2. 2

    A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.Scotland

    • 1559-1566, John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or grieve, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.

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