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lament definition

la·ment (lə ment′)

intransitive verb

to feel deep sorrow or express it as by weeping or wailing; mourn; grieve

Etymology: Fr lamenter < L lamentari < lamentum, a mourning, wailing < IE echoic base *lā- > Arm lam, I weep

transitive verb

  1. to feel or express deep sorrow for; mourn or grieve for
  2. to regret deeply

noun

  1. an outward expression of sorrow; lamentation; wail
  2. a literary or musical composition, as an elegy or dirge, mourning some death or calamity

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