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   Sorrow , n. [OE. sorwe, sorewe, sore, AS. sorg, sorh; akin to D. zorg care, anxiety, OS. sorga, OHG. sorga, soraga, suorga, G. sorge, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sorg, Goth. saúrga; of unknown origin.] The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.
   Milton.
   
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   How great a sorrow suffereth now Arcite!
   Chaucer.
   
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   The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.
   Rambler.
   
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   Syn. -- Grief; unhappiness; regret; sadness; heaviness; mourning; affliction. See Affliction, and Grief.
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   Sorrow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sorrowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sorrowing.] [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian; akin to Goth. saúrgan. See Sorrow, n.] To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
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   Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his face no more.
   Acts xx. 38.
   
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   I desire no man to sorrow for me.
   Sir J. Hayward.
   
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