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verb

Mourn v. t.

To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. "As if he mourned his rival's ill success." "And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return."

To utter in a mournful manner or voice. "The lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well."

Synonyms: See Deplore.

Mourn v. i. (past & past part. mourned; pres. part. mourning)

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness. "Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her."

To wear the customary garb of a mourner. "We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?" "Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year."

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Etymology of 'Mourn'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mourn" Quotes from Famous Books

... me breathe a little, For I shall not mourn him long; Though the life-cord was so brittle, The love-cord was very strong. I would wake a little space Till I ...

— Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems • Christina Rossetti

... intermingled with his reading of the Psalms of penitence. Ever and again grief overwhelmed him, and he wept bitterly. At the hour of the evening meal, he would willingly have remained in his cell, to fast and mourn alone; but this, he felt, would have been to shirk part of his penance; for, though the brothers knew not of his sin, he could not meet their eyes for shame, and such humiliation must needs be salutary. This evening other guests sat at the abbot's table, and he shrank from their notice, for ...

— Veranilda • George Gissing

... the other gentlemen," she said, "appeared to be much pleased with the explanation I gave them; they observed that it was a most noble feeling which prompts the true patriot to mourn for the brave who have fallen on the field of battle for their country; and that the memory of the struggles of the Jews in Palestine to remain the rightful masters of the land which God had apportioned to them as an inheritance, would ...

— Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I • Sir Moses Montefiore

... in a cold voice, "and I tell thee, Leo Vincey, that the manner of thy choice makes me mourn my loss the more. Take now thy—thy bride and let ...

— Ayesha - The Further History of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed • H. Rider Haggard

... this battle the South was called to mourn the death of Stonewall Jackson, whose magical name was worth to their cause more than an army. In the evening after his successful onslaught upon the flank of the Union line, while riding back to camp from a reconnoissance at the front, ...

— A Brief History of the United States • Barnes & Co.

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