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| mourn [ mawrn ] (past and past participle mourned, present participle mourn·ing, 3rd person present singular mourns) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb express sadness at somebody's death: to feel and show sadness because somebody has died
  mourning the loss of his father
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2. transitive and intransitive verb wear mourning clothes: to wear mourning clothes or other things that indicate grief over the death of somebody
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3. transitive verb express sadness at something lost: to feel and show sadness because something has been lost or no longer exists
She mourned the loss of her independence.
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| [ Old English murnan< Indo-European, "remember"] |
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| mourn·er noun |
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