Definition of Mourn

Pronunciation: mōrn
v. i.1.To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.
[imp. & p. p. Mourned (mōrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Mourning.]
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- Gen. xxiii. 2.
2.To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
- Shak.
Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
- Pope.
v. t.1.To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.
As if he mourned his rival's ill success.
- Addison.
And looking over the hills, I mourn
The darling who shall not return.
- Emerson.
2.To utter in a mournful manner or voice.
The lovelorn nightingale
Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.
- Milton.


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