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grievest

grievest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of grieve.

Meaning of grieve

Verb

grieve (third-person singular simple present grieves, present participle grieving, simple past and past participle grieved)

  1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
    • Thy maidens griev'd themselves at my concern.1782, William Cowper, “On the Receipt of my Mother’s Picture”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
    • to grieve one's fate
  3. (intransitive) To experience grief.
  4. (archaic, transitive) To harm.
    Synonyms:
    injure, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for
  5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
    • Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees.2009, D'Amico, Rob (editor), Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14

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Origin of grievest

From grieve + -est.

Questions about grievest

What is grievest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Grievest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of grieve.

Words near grievest in the dictionary

  1. grievers
  2. grieves
  3. grieveship
  4. grieveships
  5. grievesome
  6. grievest
  7. grieveth
  8. grievin'
  9. grieving
  10. grievingly
  11. grievings

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