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English
Etymology
From en- + grieve.
Pronunciation
Verb
engrieve (third-person singular simple present engrieves, present participle engrieving, simple past and past participle engrieved)
- (archaic, transitive) To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.
- Synonyms: distress; see also Thesaurus:sadden, Thesaurus:vex
1834, Francis Bacon, edited by Basil Montagu, The Works Of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England:Even in men, aches and hurts and corns do engrieve, either towards rain or towards frost : for the one maketh the humours more to abound ; and the other maketh them sharper.
- 1998, Annabel M. Patterson (editor), The trial of Nicholas Throckmorton (apparently derived from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577),
- I am sorry to engrieve any other man's doings, but it serveth me for a piece of my defence, and therefore I wish that no man should gather evil of it.
- (archaic, intransitive) To grieve.
- Synonyms: grieven, mourn; see also Thesaurus:be sad