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Definition of Mourn

1. Verb. Feel sadness. "Sam cannot mourn Sue "; "She is mourning her dead child"

2. Verb. Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one. "Sam and Sue mourn"

Definition of Mourn

1. v. i. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

2. v. t. To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.

Definition of Mourn

1. Verb. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). ¹

2. Noun. (context: now literary) Sorrow, grief. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mourn

1. to feel or express grief or sorrow [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Mourn

1. 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. "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) Origin: AS. Murnan; akin to OS. Mornian, OHG. Mornen, Goth. Maornan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mourn

mounting medium mountingly mountings mountkeithite mountless mountlet mountlets mounts mounture mounty

moup mouped mouping moups mourite mourn (current term) mourne mourned mourner mourner's seat

mourners mourners' bench mournes mournest mourneth mournful mournful widow mournfull mournfuller mournfullest

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