grevious

Definitions

Alternative spelling of grievous.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Then there was a rich man in the mount⟳ of Carmel that hight Nabal, and on a time he sheared and clipped his sheep, to whom David sent certain men, and bade them say⟳ that David greeted him well, and whereas aforetimes his shepherds kept his sheep in desert, he never was grevious to them, ne they lost not much as a sheep as long as they were with us, and that he might ask⟳ his servants for they could tell⟳, and that he would now in their need⟳ send⟳ them what it pleased him.”

“There is found the keynote of the grevious native government in an incident of the date⟳ of 1841 by which "the foreign relations of the government became involved with the schemes of a private firm.”

“Their reading is accurate, their time good, and their melody frequently constitutes a treat⟳ which would do a power of good to those who hear⟳ the vocalisation of many ordinary psalm-singers whose great object through life is to kill⟳ old tunes and inflict grevious bodily harm⟳ upon new ones.”

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