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lament(2)(dictionary)
lament 1, verb(dictionary)
lament 2, noun(dictionary)

lament(2) (iou)



lament verb. LME.
[French lamenter or Latin lamentari, from lamenta: see LAMENT noun.]
verb trans. Express or (now) feel profound sorrow for or concerning; mourn the loss of; bewail. LME.
F. Raphael He lamentedand sought to alleviate,..the fate of his servants. P. Ferguson 'Cissie had hardly a civil word to say to me,' lamented Jessie. B. Gilroy The house was full of people..lamenting her passing.
b. refl. Feel sorry for oneself; bemoan one's fate. arch. M18.
A. B. Jameson He began to lament himself because of the robbery.
verb intrans. Express (or feel) profound grief; mourn passionately. Foll. by for, over, (rarely) after. LME.
R. Knolles Greatly lamented for by all the Christians in Syria. M. Spark She was crying and lamenting so much that any form of rational inquiry was useless.
verb trans. Cause grief to, distress. L16-E18.
lamenter noun L16.
lamentingly adverb in a passionately mournful manner, so as to express profound grief E17.