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begrieve
verb 2
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2ADJ.
shameful
BEGRIEVE + NOUN
condition, lucas's
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verb
1
To grieve over or about.
[…] and the nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the second who do begrieve Lucas's shameful condition and would improve it […]
He also marvels at a hoard of holy relics, begrieving the lack of care shown by their new keepers. Near Namur on the Meuse he describes a hermits' lodge carved in stone with the internal movable contrivance representing the Passion.
2
To cause grief or grieving.
It was begrieving to see how the intrusion of even a smattering of pride and moral standards could impede on what had always been a carefree, shiftless life.
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[…] and the nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the second who do begrieve Lucas's shameful condition and would improve it […]
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He also marvels at a hoard of holy relics, begrieving the lack of care shown by their new keepers. Near Namur on the Meuse he describes a hermits' lodge carved in stone with the internal movable contr
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The logical inconsistency of "begrieving" a shameful condition, while postponing its abolition is the fundamental fault Baldwin finds with Faulkner's racial politics and white southern liberalism gene
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