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aggrieve, v.|əˈgriːv|
Forms: 4–5 agreue, agreve, 5–6 aggreue, 6 agreeue, aggreeue, agrieve, 6– aggrieve.
[a. OFr. agreve-r to render more heavy or severe:—L. aggravā-re: f. ag- = ad- to + gravā-re to load. In 14th c. the Fr. and in 15th c. the Eng. began, after L., to be written agg- and finally the Fr. was changed to aggraver. See also aggravate, aggrave, and aggrege.]
1. trans. To bear heavily upon; to bring grief or trouble to; to grieve, distress, afflict, oppress. Now rarely used exc. in the passive to be aggrieved: to be injuriously affected, to have a grievance or cause of grief.
1330R. Brunne Chron. 323 Of þat ilk outrage þe fest þam sore agreued. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. Pref. 38 Elde me masteris wyth hir Brevis Ilke day me sare aggrevis. c1450Lonelich Grail lii. 343 Agreved was he sore Of tydynges that him comen thore. 1514Pace in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 37 I. 110 Oon thynge doethe aggreve me ryght sore. c1540tr. Pol. Verg., Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 199 They aggreeved the inhabitantes with infinite mischeves. 1670G. H. tr. Hist. Cardinals iii. ii. 289 They shall not permit the Cardinals to be aggrieved by any body. a1716South Serm. viii. 11 (T.) Those pains..are afflictive just so long as they actually possess the part which they aggrieve. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 16 Both were alike aggrieved by the tyranny of a bad king.
†2. intr. To afflict oneself, to grieve, to feel grief. Obs.
1559Mirrour for Mag. 442 (T.) My heart aggriev'd that such a wretch should reign.
†3. trans. To make more grave or serious; to aggravate, exaggerate. (= aggrege 3, 5.) Obs.
1524State Pap. Hen. VIII, IV. 154 Agrieving somewhat the daungier whiche might ensue. 1541Elyot Im. Gov. 44 But yet the treason dooen also to me, aggreeueth the trespasse. 1562Atkinson in Strype Ann. Ref. xxvi. (1709) 265 Let us therefore never go about to aggrieve the matter, or make it worse than it is. 1590Southwell Marie Magd. Funeral Teares 195 Want of faith was agrieved with want of all goodnesse. |