Etymology : Middle English, from Old English murnan; akin to Old High German mornEn to mourn, Greek mermEra care; more at MEMORY
Pronunciation : 'mOrn, 'morn
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. grieve, be in mourning, feel sorrow for someone's death. mourn\mourn\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. mourned ; p. pr. & vb. n. mourning.] [as. murnan; akin to os. mornian, ohg. mornen, goth. ma?rnan.].
2. to express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness. abraham came to mourn for sarah, and to weep for her. xxiii.
3. 2. to wear the customary garb of a mourner. we mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood? grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.mourn \mourn\, v. t.
4. to grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. as if he mourned his rival's ill success. and looking over the hills, i mourn the darling who shall not return.
5. to utter in a mournful manner or voice. the lovelorn nightingale nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.
6. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.
7. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
8. To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.
9. To utter in a mournful manner or voice. feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child" observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one.
10. 1. If you mourn someone who has died or mourn for them, you are very sad that they have died and show your sorrow in the way that you behave. Joan still mourns her father He mourned for his valiant men As the nation continued to mourn, the new President of South Africa paid his own tribute.
11. If you mourn something or mourn for it, you regret that you no longer have it and show your regret in the way that you behave. We mourned the loss of our cities She mourned for the beloved past. see also:
mourning.