Waile

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of wail. alt-of, obsolete

    "Among the rest by fortune overthrowne, I am not least, that most may waile her fate: My fame and brute, abroad the world is blowne, Who can forget a thing thus done so late?"

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"Among the rest by fortune overthrowne, I am not least, that most may waile her fate: My fame and brute, abroad the world is blowne, Who can forget a thing thus done so late?"

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