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mourning |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mourn \Mourn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned}; p. pr & vb n. {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan akin to OS mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma['u]rnan.] 1. 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 --Gen. xxiii. 2. 2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner. We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood? --Shak. Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mourning \Mourn"ing\, n. [AS. murnung.] 1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow. 2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. --Dryden. {Deep mourning}. See under {Deep}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a. 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. 2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like {Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. {Mourning dove} (Zo["o]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also {Carolina dove}. See Illust. under {Dove}. {Mourning warbler} (Zo["o]l.), an American ground warbler ({Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mourning adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: {bereaved}, {bereft}, {grief-stricken}, {grieving}, {mourning(a)}, {sorrowing(a)}] n : state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: {bereavement}]
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