Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[=e]v), Greeve \Greeve\, n. [AS. ger[=e]fa.
   Cf. {Reeve} an officer.]
   A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a
   manorial bailiff. [Scot.]

         Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.

Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grieved}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Grieving}.] [OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare
   to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy. See {Grief.}]
   1. To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to
      make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt;
      to try.

            Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.    --Eph. iv. 30.

            The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
                                                  --Cowper,

   2. To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [R.]

Grieve \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.

         Do not you grieve at this.               --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

grieve
     v 1: feel grief; eat one's heart out [syn: {sorrow}]
     2: break the heart of; cause to feel sorrow [syn: {aggrieve}]