Greeve1, n.
n. See GRIEVE.
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Greeve
Griēve or Greeve2, n.
n. [A-S. gerefa, or Gael. grāf.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.]
Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve when found trespassing. W. Scott.
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Grīeve, v. t. p. 590verbtransitive To occasion grief to; to inflict mental pain upon; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try. He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve, the…Grïeve, v. i. p. 590verbintransitive To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; — often followed by at or for. Do not you grieve at this. Shak.