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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mourn \Mourn\ (m[=o]rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned}
(m[=o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to
OS. mornian, OHG. mornen, Goth. ma['u]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.
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Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her. --Gen. xxiii.
2.
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2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
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We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
--Shak.
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Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
--Pope.
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