premourn

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verb

To mourn in advance.

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Meanings

verbpremourn (third-person singular simple present premourns, present participle premourning, simple past and past participle premourned)

present singular third person premourns · participle present premourning · participle past premourned · past premourned

  1. transitiveTo mourn in advance.

    At a certain level, the act of recording involves a desire to anticipate the future or, more pointedly, to premourn the loss that is to occur so that, when it lands with its full ferocity, one could endure it by claiming to have already experienced it.

    1999, Mohammed A. Bamyeh, The Social Origins of Islam: Mind, Economy, Discourse (page 159)

Origin

From pre- + mourn.

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APA

premourn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premourn

MLA

“premourn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premourn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premourn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premourn.

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