Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic, rare, transitive)To grieve over or about.

  2. (archaic, rare, transitive)To cause grief or grieving.

Origin

From be- (“around, about, over”) + grieve.

From be- (“around, about, over”) + grieve.

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Forms

begrieves, begrieving, begrieved, begrieved
Base formbegrieve · to begrieve
3rd person singularbegrieves
Present participlebegrieving
Past simplebegrieved
Past participlebegrieved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybegrieve
he, she, itbegrieves

Past simpleLesson

all personsbegrieved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave begrieved
he, she, ithas begrieved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill begrieve

Synonyms

48 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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