Mourn (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mourned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mourning.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma�xa3;rnan.] 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.
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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.
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