Part 4977

<hw>Griev"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lamentable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Griev'ance</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Griev'ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. grcvance. See <er>Grieve</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Grieving; grief; affliction.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . <b>grievance</b> of a mind unreasonably yoked. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.</syn>

<h1>Grievancer</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Griev"an*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Petition . . . against the bishops as grand <b>grievancers</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<mhw><h1>Grieve, Greeve</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Grieve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Greeve</hw></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ger<?/fa</ets>. Cf. <er>Reeve</er> an officer.]</ety> <def>A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>Their children were horsewhipped by the <b>grieve</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grieve</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Grieve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Grieved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Grieving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>greven</ets>, OF. <ets>grever</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gravare</ets> to burden, oppress, fr. <ets>gravis</ets> heavy. See <er>Grief.</er>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to affect; to hurt; to try.</def>

<blockquote><b>Grieve</b> not the Holy Spirit of God. <i>Eph. iv. 30.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The maidens <b>grieved</b> themselves at my concern. <i>Cowper,</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sorrow over; <as>as, to <ex>grieve</ex> one's fate</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Grieve</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Grieve</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by <i>at</i>, <i>for</i>, or <i>over.</i></def>

<blockquote>Do not you <b>grieve</b> at this. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Griever</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Griev"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, grieves.</def>

<h1>Grieving</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Griev"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.</def></def2>

-- <wordforms><wf>Griev'ing-ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Grievous</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 650 Needs proof-reading . . . the etymologies and other italics are not marked -->>

<hw>Griev"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See <er>Grief</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.</def>