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Lament (?), v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

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    Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25.

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    Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.

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Lament, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

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    One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden.

    Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.

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Lament, n. [L. lamentum.  Cf. Lament, v.]
    1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

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    Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. Milton.

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    2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

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