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gravis
Latin · ancient
"heavy, weighty"
heavy, weighty
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gravare
Latin · ancient
"to weigh down, to burden"
to weigh down, to burden, from gravis
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grever
Old French · medieval
"to burden or afflict someone"
carried into French for burdening or afflicting someone
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grieve
English · 1200s
"to feel deep sorrow, especially over a loss"
settled as the English word for feeling deep sorrow
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