grieve

Etymology 1

From Middle English greven, from Old French grever (“to burden”), from Latin gravō, gravāre, from adjective gravis (“grave”).

verb

1. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
2. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
   to grieve one's fate
3. (intransitive) To experience grief.
4. (transitive, archaic) To harm.
5. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance (about).
   Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the … Board of Trustees. 2009, D'Amico, Rob (editor), Texas Teacher, published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14

Etymology 2

From Middle English greve, greyve, grave, grafe, from Old Norse greifi, from Middle Low German grēve, grâve, related to Old English grœfa, groefa, variants of Old English ġerēfa (“steward, reeve”). More at reeve.

noun

1. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
2. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.