mourn

present singular third person mourns · participle present mourning · participle past mourned · past mourned · alternative morne

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

   She mourned the loss of her independence.

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   For two months, she mourned her father's passing.

   We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?

   1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

   Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 23:2

   Thane Krios: It seems there will be no one to mourn me when I die. You're the only friend I've made in ten years.

   2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Nightmare

   Synonyms: grieve, lament, weep, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve

2. ambitransitiveTo engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.

   In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months.

3. transitiveTo utter in a sorrowful manner.
4. intransitiveTo wear mourning.

plural mourns · alternative morne

1. countableliteraryuncountableSorrow, grief.

   Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle

   Soon after there came Balin / and when he saw king Arthur / he alight of his horse / and came to the king on foot / and saluted him / ‘By my head’, said Arthur, ‘you are welcome’ / Sir right now came riding this way a knight making great mourn / for what cause I cannot tell

   1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book II

   Synonyms: dejection, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression

2. countableuncountableA ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.