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mourn

Pronunciation: /mɔɹn/

The English word “mourn” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  2. To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.
  3. To utter in a sorrowful manner.
  4. To wear mourning.

noun

  1. Sorrow, grief.
  2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Etymology

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

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