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| keen [ keen ] |
intransitive verb (past and past participle keened, present participle keen·ing, 3rd person present singular keens) |
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howl in grief: to cry out or wail in grief, especially while lamenting the dead
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noun (plural keens) |
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lament: a lamentation for a dead person
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| [Early 19th century. < Irish caoinin "I wail"] |
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