ˌover-ˈgrieve, v.
[over- 25, 27.]
a. trans. To grieve or afflict excessively. b. intr. To grieve too much, to feel excessive grief.
| 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 1176 The citizens over⁓grieved with the insolent outrages of these men of war. 1631 G. Webbe Quietn. (1657) 32 Not to overjoy our grief, nor over-grieve our joyes. 1648 T. Hill Spring of Grace 11 We are apt to overgrieve or undergrieve at crosses. |
Hence ˌover-ˈgrieved ppl. a.; ˌover-ˈgrieving vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1601 Downf. Earl Huntington i. iii. in Hazl. Dodsley VIII. 113 Bridle this over-grieving passion, Or else dissemble it to comfort her. 1618 Wither Motto, Nec Habeo Wks. (1633) 525, I have not their base cruelty, who can Insult upon an over-grieved man. a 1684 T. Lye in Treas. Dav. Ps. lxii. 8 Now is a time, not for overgrieving, murmuring. |