Mourn

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

"For two months, she mourned her father's passing."

2.VerbTo engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.

"In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months."

3.VerbTo utter in a sorrowful manner.

4.VerbTo wear mourning.

5.NounSorrow, grief.

6.NounA ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

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