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lament |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lament \La*ment"\, v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari fr lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. --2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. --John xvi. 20. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamented}; p. pr & vb n. {Lamenting}.] To mourn for to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden. Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See {Deplore}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lament \La*ment"\, n. [L. lamentum. Cf {Lament}, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping. Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. --Milton. 2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lament n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lamentation}, {plaint}, {wail}] 2: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: {dirge}, {coronach}, {requiem}, {threnody}] 3: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: {elegy}] v 1: express grief verbally [syn: {keen}] 2: regret strongly [syn: {deplore}, {bewail}, {bemoan}, {regret}]
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