grieve English
Etymology 1
From the conjugated forms of (etyl) .
Verb
( griev)
To cause sorrow or distress to.
* Bible, Eph. iv. 30
- Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
* Cowper
- The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- to grieve one's fate
To experience grief.
(archaic) To harm.
To submit or file a grievance.
* 2009 D'Amico, Rob , Editor, Texas Teacher , published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
- Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.
Derived terms
* grieved
* griever
* grievingly
Related terms
* grievance
* grievous
* grief
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
(chiefly, Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
* Sir Walter Scott
- Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve .
Derived terms
* (l)
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tease English
Verb
(teas)
To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
To back-comb.
To poke fun at.
To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
* (1800-1859)
*:Hesuffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
*1684 , , (Hudibras)
*:Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing .
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
To entice, to tempt.
Derived terms
* tease out
* teaser
Noun
( en noun)
One who teases.
A single act of teasing.
A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.
Synonyms
* (cock tease) cockteaser, prickteaser
Anagrams
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