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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sorrow  \Sor"row\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sorrowed};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Sorrowing}.]  [OE.  sorowen  sorwen,  sorhen,  AS  sorgian; 
  akin  to  Goth.  sa['u]rgan.  See  {Sorrow},  n.] 
  To  feel  pain  of  mind  in  consequence  of  evil  experienced, 
  feared,  or  done  to  grieve;  to  be  sad;  to  be  sorry. 
 
  Sorrowing  most  of  all  .  .  .  that  they  should  see  his 
  face  no  more  --Acts  xx  38. 
 
  I  desire  no  man  to  sorrow  for  me  --Sir  J. 
  Hayward. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sorrowing 
  adj  :  sorrowful  through  loss  or  deprivation;  "bereft  of  hope" 
  [syn:  {bereaved},  {bereft},  {grief-stricken},  {grieving}, 
  {mourning(a)},  {sorrowing(a)}]




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