Sekirov Dictionary

mourn

UK /mɔːn/US /mɔɹn/

verb 4
noun 2
forms 5

verb4

•
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
- For two months, she mourned her father's passing.
- She mourned the loss of her independence.
•
To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.
- In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months.
To wear mourning.
To utter in a sorrowful manner.

noun2

(literary) Sorrow, grief.
A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

forms

mourned · mourning · mourneth · mourns · mournest

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