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Definition of Lament

Lament
Lament 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.
Lament
Lament 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.
Lament
Lament 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.

Meaning of Lament from wikipedia

- A lament or lamentation is a p****ionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning...
- Adam's Lament is an old Russian Orthodox lament, originally sung during Lent. M****cripts of the lament date from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries...
- Look up lament in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lament is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning. Lament(s) may also...
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami for the PlayStation...
- Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth") is the closing aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is included...
- Lament is the seventh studio album by British new wave band Ultravox, released on 6 April 1984 by Chrysalis Records. It was the last album featuring original...
- ****'s Lament is a play by New Zealand playwright Greg McGee, first performed in 1980. The play is a drama set in a rugby union changing room after...
- A Mathematician's Lament, often referred to informally as Lockhart's Lament, is a short book on mathematics education by Paul Lockhart, originally a research...
- The Lament for Icarus is a painting by Herbert James Draper, showing the dead Icarus, surrounded by lamenting nymphs. The wings of Icarus are based on...
- In music, the lament b**** is a ground b****, built from a descending perfect fourth from tonic to dominant, with each step harmonized. The diatonic version...