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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Bemoaned

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Bemoaning

[OE.

bimenen

, AS.

bem[GREEK]nan

; pref.

be-

m[GREEK]nan

to moan. See

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

Implores their pity, and his pain

bemoans

Dryden.

Syn. – See

Verb.

[be and moan.] To lament; to bewail; to express sorrow for; as, to bemoan the loss of a son.