Part 5005

<blockquote>I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not <b>grudge</b> us our employments. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They have <b>grudged</b> us contribution. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Perish they That <b>grudge</b> one thought against your majesty ! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Grudge</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grudge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.</def>

<blockquote>Grudge not one against another. <i>James v. 9. </i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He eats his meat without grudging. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To feel compunction or grief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Fisher. </i>

<h1>Grudge</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grudge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.</def>

<blockquote>Esau had conceived a mortal <b>grudge</b> and eumity against hie brother Jacob. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a <b>grudge</b>. <i>I. Taylor. </i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Slight symptom of disease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling againat the <b>grudges</b> of more dreaded calamities. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See <er>Pique</er>.</syn>

<h1>Grudgeful</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grudge"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of grudge; envious.</def> "<i>Grudgeful d</i>iscontent."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<mhw><h1>Grudgeons, Gurgeons</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grud"geons</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gur"geons</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from P. <ets>grugir</ets> to craunch; cf. D. <ets>gruizen</ets> to crush, <ets>grind</ets>, and E. <ets>grout</ets>.]</ety> <def>Coarse meal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gruddger</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Gruddg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who grudges.</def>

<h1>Grudgingly</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grudg"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a grudging manner.</def>

<h1>Grudgingness</h1> <Xpage=654>

<hw>Grudg"ing*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.</def>