Way"ment (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waymented; p. pr. & vb. n. Waymenting.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter, gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic origin; see Woe) and L. lamentari to lament. See Lament.]
To lament; to grieve; to wail.
[Written also
waiment.] [Obs.]
Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
Chaucer.
For what boots it to weep and wayment,
When ill is chanced?
Spenser.
© Webster 1913.
Way"ment, n.
Grief; lamentation; mourning.
[Written also
waiment.] [Obs.]
Spenser.
© Webster 1913.