lamenting

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lamenting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lament \La*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Lamenting.]
     To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
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           One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.
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  Lamenting \La*ment"ing\, n.
     Lamentation.
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           Lamentings heard i' the air.             --Shak.
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lamenting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lamenting
      adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
             expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the
             wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires
             with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting,
             wailing, wailful]