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   Mourn , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mourned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mourning.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. maúrnan.]
   To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.
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   Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
   Gen. xxiii. 2.
   
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   To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
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   We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
   Shak.
   
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   Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
   Pope.
   
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   Mourn, v. t.
   To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.
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   As if he mourned his rival's ill success.
   Addison.
   
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   And looking over the hills, I mourn
   The darling who shall not return.
   Emerson.
   
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   To utter in a mournful manner or voice.
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   The lovelorn nightingale
   Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.
   Milton.
   
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   Syn. -- See Deplore.
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