grieven

From grieve +‎ -en, as though from grief +‎ -en.

grieven (third-person singular simple present grievens, present participle grievening, simple past and past participle grievened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief

   Synonyms: grieve; see also Thesaurus:be sad, Thesaurus:lament, Thesaurus:sadden

   • 1905, Marie Hansen Taylor, Lilian Bayard Taylor Kiliani, On Two Continents: Memories of Half a Century, page 83:

     I find that the best train
     Is the morning express train,
     Which leaves Binghamton at 1:20,
     And gives me time enough, plenty,
     To get over the Hudson
     Before you've got your duds done
     On Saturday evening,
     So you needn't be grievening.

   • 1949, Siegfried Sassoon, Collected Poems, page 248:

     Now, in empty room and evening,
     I, that grievening vision facing, […]

   • 2004, Ron Rash, One Foot in Eden, page 135:

     His eyes was still open and that grievened me enough to lean down and close them.

   • 2011, The Oru, Ramblings of a Near Earth-Shattering Nature, page 25:

     The freshness returned
     after Winter's harsh rule,
     Spring's grievened absence
     dismissed
     as her banners
     dance in the sky.

• reeving, regiven, veering

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣri.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: grie‧ven
• Rhymes: -ivən

From Middle Dutch grieven. Equivalent to grief +‎ -en.

grieven

1. (transitive) to emotionally hurt, to cause grief to
2. (transitive, obsolete) to physically hurt, to damage

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grieven

1. plural of grief