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Definition of Grieves

1. grieve [v] - See also: grieve

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grieves

Grieg griesie Griesinger's disease Griesinger's sign Griesinger's symptom griesly griesy grievance grievances grievant

grievants grieve grieved griever grievers grieves (current term) grieving grievous grievously grievousness

grievousnesses grievous bodily harm griff griffe griffe griffes griffin griffins Griffith griffon

Literary usage of Grieves

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1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1821)
"... be it present, past, or to come ; et gaudium de adversis, and h joy at their harms, opposite to mercy, ' which grieves at other mens mischances, ..."

2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... amantes ? one suitor pines away, languisheth in love, mori quot denique cogit ! another sighs and grieves, she cares not; ..."

3. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, John Paxton Norman, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1862)
"JAMES grieves (a). J. HE declaration (which was dated the 9th of August, A composition 1861), was for goods sold and delivered. after "The Plea. ..."

4. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. ..."

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