GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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