lament

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  1. transitive verb To express grief for or about; mourn: lament a death.
  2. transitive verb To regret deeply; deplore: He lamented his thoughtless acts.
  3. intransitive verb To grieve audibly; wail.
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lamentation ·  sob ·  wail ·  regret ·  weep ·  refrain ·  exclamation ·  entreaty ·  plead ·  dirge ·  whine ·  cadence

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lament:   lamented ·  laments
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  1. Middle English lementen, from Old French lamenter, from Latin lāmentārī, from lāmentum, lament.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian lamento, from L, lamentum, usually in plural lamenta, a wailing, moaning; with formative -mentum (see -ment), from the root *la, seen also in latrare, bark, fir. π/άςειν snarl, Puss, laietĭ, bark, scold.
  2. from French lamenter = Spanish Portuguese lamentar = Italian lamentare, from Latin lamentari, wail, weep, from lamentum, a wailing, lament: see lament, n.
 

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