Definition of Aggreive
Ag*grieve" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Aggrieved (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Aggrieving (&?;).] [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a
(L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to
weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf.
Aggravate.] To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to
oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly
used in the passive TO be aggrieved.
Aggrieved by oppression and extortion.
Macaulay.
Ag*grieve", v. i. To grieve; to
lament. [Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.
- To grieve; to lament.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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