/mawrn, mohrn/ , v.i.
1. to feel or express sorrow or grief.
2. to grieve or lament for the dead.
3. to show the conventional or usual signs of sorrow over a person's death.
v.t.
4. to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
5. to grieve or lament over (the dead).
6. to utter in a sorrowful manner.
[ bef. 900; ME mo ( u ) rnen, OE murnan; c. OHG mornen, ON morna, Goth maurnan ]
Syn. 1. bewail, bemoan. See grieve .
Ant. 1. laugh, rejoice.