Engrieve

Engrieve
Engrieve \En*grieve"\, v. t. To grieve. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • engrieve — verb To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain. If any man had either fondly or indiscreetly spoken of Lent to engrieve it to be an importable burden, I would wish his reformation ; for I have not learned that all men… …   Wiktionary

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