La*ment" (?), v. i. [F.
lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.]
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.
2
Chron. xxxv. 25.
Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall
rejoice.
John xvi. 20.
La*ment", v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lamenting.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented
crimes.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.
La*ment", n. [L. lamentum. Cf.
Lament, v.] 1. Grief or
sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a
moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious
rage.
Milton.
2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the
like.
