Grieve (grēv), Greeve, n. [AS. gerēfa. Cf. Reeve an officer.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.]
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Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. Sir W. Scott.
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Grieve, 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.
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Do not you grieve at this. Shak.
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