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▪ I. grieving, vbl. n.|ˈgriːvɪŋ|
[f. grieve v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. grieve.
1. From trans. senses of the vb.: The act of causing grief, † oppressing, troubling, paining, etc. † Also, a painful affection of the body (obs.).
1375Barbour Bruce viii. 510 All the lafe..He tuk, and gaf thame dispending, And send thame hame, but mar greving. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. ix. (1495) 759 The serpent Ophites hath as many manere of brennynges and greuynges as he hath speckles and colours. Ibid. xix. xliv. 886 It bredith many greuynges in the body. c1400Destr. Troy 8535 Comaundand þat comly, as his kynd fader, By all hor goddes so gret, & greuyng of him, þat he fare shuld ne ferre, ne the feld entre. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccccxxviii. 752 The noblemen and men of warre..to be payed their wages, without greuynge of any parte of the kynges treasar. 1617Hieron Wks. II. 230 To the grieuing of the godly. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (ed. 3) I. v. 297 There was nothing..but grieving of the folk and spending of money and emboldening of their foes.
2. From intr. senses: The act of feeling or showing grief, etc. † to take in grieving, to be displeased or angry (obs.).
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 159 Depe in my doungoun þer doel euer dwellez, Greuing, & gretyng, & gryspyng harde. c1340Cursor M. 8800 (Trin.) If we durst say ȝou sir kyng þat ȝe toke not in greuyng. 1633P. Fletcher Elisa ii. x, A helplesse griefs sole joy is joylesse grieving. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 450 To be under continual grievings because of miscarriages, so that other things of outward enjoyment cease to be pleasing. 1711Steele Spect. No. 95 ⁋3 Tears shed without much Grieving. 1834R. M. McCheyne in Mem. (1872) I. 34 What a blessed thing it is to see the first grievings of the awakened spirit. 1862G. Meredith Mod. Love, etc., Juggling Jerry iii, Easy to think that grieving's folly, When the hand's firm as driven stakes!
▪ II. grieving, ppl. a.|ˈgriːvɪŋ|
[f. grieve v. + -ing2.]
a. That causes grief, pain, or annoyance.
b. That feels or expresses grief.
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xxii. 28 All þese temporall godes biþ..more grevinge þan esynge, for þei are neuere had wiþoute besynes and drede. 1611Bible Ezek. xxviii. 24 There shall be no more pricking briar vnto the house of Israel, nor any grieuing thorne. 1721Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 593 The ship went off sooner than I expected, which was not a little grieving to me. 1791A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 54 If not so grieving, it is more mortifying. 1807Crabbe Parish Reg. iii. 786 His grieving kin for Rodger's smiles applied. 1873L. Ferguson Discourses 10 Your spiritual condition is such as to be grieving to the Spirit.
Hence ˈgrievingly adv., in a grieving manner.
1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. i. 87 Greeuingly I thinke, the Peace betweene the French and vs, not valewes The Cost that did conclude it. 1891F. M. Wilson Primer on Browning 125 She is leaving James Lee grievingly. |