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v. i. To grieve; to lament. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 subjected to an injustice. the aggrieved mother.
Syn. -- injured, wronged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To grieve. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. [ AS. gerēfa. Cf. Reeve an officer. ] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Grieved p. pr. & vb. n. Grieving. ] [ OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy. See Grief. ] 1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Eph. iv. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

The maidens grieved themselves at my concern. Cowper, [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do not you grieve at this. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, grieves. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render more grievous; to aggravate. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To prove. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reprieved p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving. ] [ OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. réprouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. [ 1913 Webster ]

He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Interval of ease or relief; respite. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that I ask is but a short reprieve,
ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Retrieved p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving. ] [ OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover. ] 1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. [ 1913 Webster ]

With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To recall; to bring back. [ 1913 Webster ]

To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Retrieval. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who retrieves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. from OE. shereve. See Sheriff. ] A sheriff. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shrive; to question. [ Obs. ] “She gan him soft to shrieve.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]