Bewail
//bɪˈweɪl// verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 regret strongly wordnet
Example
More examples"When I am dead, bewail me: and when you see another tending my flocks, remember Dorcon."
Etymology
From Middle English bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + wail.
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