bewail
[bih-weyl]
- to express deep sorrow for; lament: a little child bewailing the loss of her dog.
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- to express grief.
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Origin of bewail
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Contemporary Examples of bewail
I recount this not to bewail my fate, or to dwell in the past.
Historical Examples of bewail
Yet not once in the course of that trip did he bewail his fate.
The ForestStewart Edward White
In women, it is reckoned becoming to bewail their loss; in men, to remember it.
Tacitus on GermanyTacitus
When we argue that we weep the dead, it would be more true to say that we bewail the living.
The Lion's SkinRafael Sabatini
They did nothing but regret the past and bewail the present.
I ventured to bewail my fate a little, but that did not seem to advance my cause.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
bewail
- to express great sorrow over (a person or thing); lament
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