Dictionary entry

Mourn (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mourn, 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.

Syn. — See Deplore.