Grieve (grēv), Greeve,
n. [AS. gerēfa. Cf. Reeve an
officer.] 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 (grēv), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grieved (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Grieving.] [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 afflict; 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. 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.