engrieve

1. (archaic, transitive) To cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.Examples: "If any man had either fondly or indiscreetly spoken of Lent to engrieve it to be an importable burden, I would wish his reformation ; for I have not learned that all men are bound to keep the Lent in the form received."; "Even in men, aches and hurts and corns do engrieve, either towards rain or towards frost : for the one maketh the humours more to abound ; and the other maketh them sharper."; "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."Synonyms: distress, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, bring downarchaictransitive

2. (archaic, intransitive) To grieve.Examples: "Seeing his worke now wasted, deepe engrieved was"Synonyms: grieven, mourn, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, engrieve, erme, gloomarchaicintransitive