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i. . [A. S. murnan, meornan = to grieve; cogn. with Icel. morn a; Goth.maurnan; O. H. Ger. mor nán. From the same root as MURMUR (q. v.).] A. Intransitive: 1. To grieve, to sorrow, to lament; to expre or feel sorrow or grief; to be sorrowful. "And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her hus. band was dead, she mourned for her husband."-2 Samuel xi. 26. 2. To wear the customary habit of sorrow; to wear mourning. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wět, here, camel, her, thère; "We mourn in black, why mourn we not in blood?" Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , i. 1. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, põt, B. Transitive : IMG:content-1449.png:[blocks in formation] (2) A swelling arising from a blow, and of a mouse 1. To lament, to grieve for, to bewail, to deplore, color; a black eye. ( Slang.) 2. To utter in a mournful manner or voice. "The love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well." Milton: Comus , 235. *möurn, s . [MOURN, v.] Mourning, sorrow. "A pretty feat to drive your mourn away." Greene: Looking - gla for London , p. 124