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Webster 1913 Edition

Mourn

Mourn

(mōrn)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mourned
(mōrnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mourning
.]
[AS.
murnan
; akin to OS.
mornian
, OHG.
mornen
, Goth.
maúrnan
.]
1.
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.
Gen. xxiii. 2.
2.
To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
We
mourn
in black; why
mourn
we not in blood?
Shakespeare
Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then
mourn
a year.
Pope.

Mourn

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.
As if he
mourned
his rival’s ill success.
Addison.
And looking over the hills, I
mourn

The darling who shall not return.
Emerson.
2.
To utter in a mournful manner or voice.
The lovelorn nightingale
Nightly to thee her sad song
mourneth
well.
Milton.
Syn. – See
Deplore
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mourn

MOURN

,
Verb.
I.
[L. maereo.]
1.
To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful. Mourning may be expressed by weeping or audible sounds, or by sobs, sighs or inward silent grief.
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep. Gen.23.
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matt.5.
2.
To wear the customary habit of sorrow.
We mourn in black.
Grieve for an hour perhaps, then mourn a year.

MOURN

,
Verb.
T.
To grieve for; to lament. But there is an ellipsis of for, the verb not being transitive. When we say, we mourn a friend or a child, the real sense and complete phrase is, we mourn for a friend, or mourn for the loss of a friend. 'He mourn'd his rival's ill success,' that is,he mourned for his rival's ill success.
1.
To utter in a sorrowful manner.
The love lorn nightingale
Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.

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