Bewailing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who bewails something.
"We might have been!—these are but common words, And yet they make the sum of life's bewailing; They are the echo of those finer chords, Whose music life deplores when unavailing, We might have been!"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bewail form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"We might have been!—these are but common words, And yet they make the sum of life's bewailing; They are the echo of those finer chords, Whose music life deplores when unavailing, We might have been!"
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