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[Verb] | "grieve" | \ ˈgrēv \
1: to cause to suffer : distress
2: to feel or show grief over
3: to submit a formal grievance concerning
Origin: 13th century ;
Middle English greven, grieven "to injure, oppress, make angry, agitate, make sorrowful," borrowed from Anglo-French grever, greiver "to be a burden to, harm, afflict" (also continental Old French), going back to Latin gravāre "to make heavy, oppress, weigh heavily upon," derivative of gravis "heavy, oppressive, serious" {mat|grave:2|};
* Note : The change in vowel from Latin to French follows that of the adjective gref—see: the etymology at {grief|grief}.;
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[Adjective] | "grieving"
1: expressing or suggesting mourning;
* e.g., " ... the grieving sobs of the widow could be heard throughout the funeral service "
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[ "grieving" ]
1: Fell intense or sorrow
* e.g., ... He is still grieving his mother's death
# 2 - { grieves:5907293 }
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[ "grieves" ]
1: troubles, woes, miseries.
* e.g., ... We were talking about my grieves
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[ "Grieve" ]
1: Mourning the loss of something, literally or ironically. Best used when referring to first world problems.
* e.g., ... Friend 1 - Waitress has run out of quinoa.
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[ "Grieve" ]
1: Funny, illegally blind, short term memory loss, and the best boyfriend.
* e.g., ... He is a Grieve awesome great buddy friend.
# 5 - { grieved:182835 }
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[ "grieved" ]
1: You suffered something negative directly or indirectly affecting you.
* e.g., ... Man 1: "Lost a bet today"
# 6 - { pre-grieve:17011427 }
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[ "pre-grieve" ]
1: Also pre-grieving, pre-grieved. How you handle it when someone dear to you is near death.
* e.g., ... “Curtis came through like a tornado, sulking and fuming” said Maddie after Winston finally came out of the ICU feet first , “and you couldn’t say a word without him blowing up.”
# 7 - { Kain Grieves:12250982 }
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[ "Kain Grieves" ]
1: A fat dirty jew
* e.g., ... The man is a Kain Grieves
# 8 - { Tom Grieve:6826082 }
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[ "Tom Grieve" ]
1: A non-alcoholic mixed drink of diet coke/pepsi and grenadine. It can also be garnished with a cherry.
Is distinguished from a Roy Rogers by containing diet rather than non-diet cola.
* e.g., ... "I don't always drink non-alcoholic beverages, but when I do, I make it a Tom Grieve. Stay thirsty my friends." ~Most Interesting Man In The World.
# 9 - { grieve leave:4015198 }
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[ "grieve leave" ]
1: When someone you are close to have died you take time off work or school to grieve
* e.g., ... Barbara's cousin died so she is taking a week off on grieve leave
# 10 - { e-grieving:4048936 }
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[ "e-grieving" ]
1: What you do when someone you know only from the internet (Facebook, Myspace, Message Boards) dies.Often you may not even know the persons real name, yet genuinely feel saddened by their passing.
* e.g., ... Bob: You look bummed out.
Me: I'm e-grieving, Shooter McGavin died.
Bob: The guy from Happy Gillmore?
Me: No some guy I've known for 4 years on a message board.
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