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  1. 1. v. t. To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To grieve; to lament. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. infringe on the rights of Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. cause to feel sorrow Source: wordnet
  5. 5. To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay. To grieve; to lament. [Obs.] Source: webster
  6. 6. To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress orinjure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used inthe passive TO be aggrieved.Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay. Source: adambom
  7. 7. v. infringe on the rights of Source: ecdict

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