/ griːv; NAmE / verb
1.
grieve (for / over sb/sth) to feel very sad, especially because sb has died :
[ v ]
They are still grieving for their dead child.
grieving relatives
[ vn ]
She grieved the death of her husband.
2.
( formal ) to make you feel very sad
SYN pain :
[ vn that ]
It grieved him that he could do nothing to help her.
[ vn ]
Their lack of interest grieved her.
[ vn to inf ]
It grieved her to leave.
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IDIOMS
see eye noun
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (also in the sense harm, oppress ): from Old French grever burden, encumber, based on Latin gravare , from gravis heavy, grave.