Mourn

  • 11mourn — [môrn] vi. [ME mournen < OE murnan; akin to Goth * maúrnan, to be anxious < IE base * (s)mer , to remember: see MERIT] 1. to feel or express sorrow; lament; grieve 2. to grieve for someone who has died; specif., to manifest the conventional …

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  • 12mourn|er — «MR nuhr, MOHR », noun. 1. a person who mourns, especially at a funeral: »... a flock of mourners dispersing in a desolate cemetery (Newsweek). 2. a sinner who repents and seeks salvation at a religious revival …

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  • 13mourn — 01. The entire nation [mourned] the deaths of those killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. 02. We heard a [mournful] sound coming from the old haunted house. 03. The old women were in [mourning], and were dressed completely in… …

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  • 14mourn — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)n[/t]] mourns, mourning, mourned 1) VERB If you mourn someone who has died or mourn for them, you are very sad that they have died and show your sorrow in the way that you behave. [V n] Joan still mourns her father... [V n] The whole …

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  • 15mourn — UK [mɔː(r)n] / US [mɔrn] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms mourn : present tense I/you/we/they mourn he/she/it mourns present participle mourning past tense mourned past participle mourned a) to feel extremely sad because someone has died …

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  • 16mourn — verb 1) Isobel mourned her husband Syn: grieve for, sorrow over, lament for, weep for 2) he mourned the loss of the beautiful buildings Syn: deplore, bewail, bemoan, rue, regret •• mourn, bemoan, grieve, lament, rue …

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  • 17mourn — v. (D; intr.) to mourn for, over * * * [mɔːn] over (D; intr.) to mourn for …

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  • 18mourn — verb (I, T) 1 to feel very sad because someone that you love has died, and show this in the way you behave: mourn sb s death/loss: She still mourns her son s death. (+ for): They mourned for their children, killed in the war. 2 to feel very sad… …

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  • 19mourn —   Uē, uwē, ū, kanikau.   Also: pihe, na au auā, kūmākena, ka akūmākena, kania ā, kaniā au, kani uhū, kūpina i;    ♦ mourn extravagantly, pākepa;    ♦ mourn in chanting, kanikau, kanikaniā ula. See wail …

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  • 20mourn — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English murnan; akin to Old High German mornēn to mourn, Greek mermēra care more at memory Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to feel or express grief or sorrow 2. to show the customary signs… …

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