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Bewail

//bɪˈweɪl// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.

    "[…] Though in this city he Hath widow’d and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury, Yet he shall have a noble memory."

  2. 2
    regret strongly wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + wail.

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