aggrieve
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verb (used with object), ag·grieved, ag·griev·ing.
1.
to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice.
2.
to afflict with pain, anxiety, etc.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (often impersonal or passive) to grieve; distress; afflict: it aggrieved her much that she could not go |
| 2. | to injure unjustly, esp by infringing a person's legal rights |
| [C14: agreven, via Old French from Latin aggravāre to | |
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Aggrieve
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Word Origin & History
aggrieve
early 14c., from O.Fr. agrever "bear heavily on," from L. aggravare "make heavier" (see aggravation). Aggrieved in the legal sense of "injured or wronged in one's rights" is from 1580s.
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Example sentences
The plaintiffs claim that the court incorrectly determined that the amendments to the regulations did not aggrieve them.
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