wayment

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wayment - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waymented; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Waymenting.] [OE. waymenten, OF. waimenter,
     gaimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic
     origin; see Woe) and L. lamentari to lament. See Lament.]
     To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also waiment.]
     [Obs.]
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           Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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           For what boots it to weep and wayment,
           When ill is chanced?                     --Spenser.
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  Wayment \Way"ment\, n.
     Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also waiment.]
     [Obs.] --Spenser.
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