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grievegrieve /griv/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYgrieveOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French grever, from Latin gravare to load heavily, from gravis; ➔ GRAVE1 VERB TABLEgrieve |
Present | I, you, we, they | grieve | | he, she, it | grieves | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grieved | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grieved | | he, she, it | has grieved | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grieved | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grieve | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grieved |
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Present | I | am grieving | | he, she, it | is grieving | | you, we, they | are grieving | Past | I, he, she, it | was grieving | | you, we, they | were grieving | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grieving | | he, she, it | has been grieving | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grieving | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grieving | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grieving |
► it grieves somebody to think/say/see etc. It grieves me to see him wasting his talent like that. 1[intransitive, transitive] to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died: We are still grieving the death of our mother.grieve over/for I felt like I would never stop grieving over my dead brother.2[transitive] if something grieves you, it makes you feel very unhappy: it grieves somebody to think/say/see etc. It grieves me to see him wasting his talent like that. |