engrieve

== English == === Etymology === From en- +‎ grieve. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪŋˈɡɹiːv/ === Verb === engrieve (third-person singular simple present engrieves, present participle engrieving, simple past and past participle engrieved) (archaic, transitive) To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain. Synonyms: distress; see also Thesaurus:sadden, Thesaurus:vex 1998, Annabel M. Patterson (editor), The trial of Nicholas Throckmorton (apparently derived from Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577), I am sorry to engrieve any other man's doings, but it serveth me for a piece of my defence, and therefore I wish that no man should gather evil of it. (archaic, intransitive) To grieve. Synonyms: grieven, mourn; see also Thesaurus:be sad