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Webster 1913 Edition
Moan
Moan
(mōn)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Moaned
(mōnd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Moaning
.] [AS.
mǣnan
to moan, also, to mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Cf. Mean
to intend.] 1.
To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery
moans
. Thomson.
Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,
To make him
To make him
moan
. Shakespeare
2.
To emit a sound like moan; – said of things inanimate;
as, the wind
. moans
Moan
,Verb.
T.
1.
To bewail audibly; to lament.
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes,
My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
moan
My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
Prior.
2.
To afflict; to distress.
[Obs.]
Which infinitely
moans
me. Beau. & Fl.
1.
A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
Sullen
moans
, hollow groans. Pope.
2.
A low mournful or murmuring sound; – of things.
Rippling waters made a pleasant
moan
. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Moan
MOAN
,Verb.
T.
Ye floods, ye woods,ye echoes, moan
My dear Columbo dead and gone.
MOAN
,Verb.
I.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.
MOAN
,Noun.
Sullen moans,
Hollow groans.