engrieve

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to cause grief to; afflict with sorrow

   The loss of her homeland sorely engrieved the old poet.

From en- (causative prefix) + grieve, from Old French grever ('to burden, afflict'), from Latin gravare ('to weigh down'), from gravis ('heavy').

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