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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grieve1
▶verb
  • 1 suffer grief.
  • 2 cause great distress to.
– derivatives
griever noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. grever ‘burden, encumber’, based on L. gravare, from gravis (see grave2).



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grieve2
▶noun Scottish an overseer, manager, or bailiff on a farm.
– origin C15: rel. to reeve1.



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