lament
/ləˈmɛnt/ verb C2- To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
- To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail.
He/she/it laments · Past lamented · Past participle lamented · -ing form lamenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- lament
- He/she/it
- laments
- Past
- lamented
- Past participle
- lamented
- -ing form
- lamenting
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But I swear to you, sir, I swear to you, by everything a man holds dear, I have, since then, deeply and sincerely lamented his unhappy fate.”
Wickham were returned, and to lament over his absence from the Netherfield ball.
I depend on you for that.’” To these high-flown expressions Elizabeth listened with all the insensibility of distrust; and though the suddenness of their removal surprised her, she saw nothing in it really to lament: it was not to be supposed that their absence from Netherfield would prevent Mr.
After lamenting it, however, at some length, she had the consolation of thinking that Mr.
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