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.
Mourn (mōrn), v. i. [imp.
& p. p. Mourned (mōrnd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Mourning.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS.
mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. maúrnan.]
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.