begrieve

Verb

begrieve (third-person singular simple present begrieves, present participle begrieving, simple past and past participle begrieved)

1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To grieve over or about.
   • […] and the nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the second who do begrieve Lucas's shameful condition and would improve it […]1930, William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust
   • He also marvels at a hoard of holy relics, begrieving the lack of care shown by their new keepers. Near Namur on the Meuse he describes a hermits' lodge carved in stone with the internal movable contrivance representing the Passion.1989, Sven-Olof Lindquist, Birgitta Radhe, Economy and Culture in the Baltic, 1650-1700

   Synonyms:

   bewail, lament, afterthink, becry, bemoan, bemourn, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize

2. (archaic, rare, transitive) To cause grief or grieving.
   • It was begrieving to see how the intrusion of even a smattering of pride and moral standards could impede on what had always been a carefree, shiftless life.1996, Cameron Judd, Passage to Natchez, page 229

   Synonyms:

   begloom, deject, aggrieve, attrist, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down, come down on, contristate