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verb
To weep or mourn over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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Synonyms: begrieve, bewail, mourn, afterthink, becry, bemoan, bemourn, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize, grieve, grieven, keen, lament, mean, pine, repent, sigh, sorrow, wail, wayment
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English bemornen, from Old English bemurnan (“to mourn, bewail, deplore, be sorry for, care for, take heed for”), equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + mourn. Cognate with Old Saxon bimornian (“to bemourn”).
