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mourn

/mɔɹn/ noun C2
  1. Sorrow, grief. (countable, literary, uncountable)
  2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting. (countable, uncountable)

Plural mourns

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“Truly I should be ungrateful if I failed to mourn for the man who gave me my lovely heart.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 120 · B2
D’Avrigny, unable to bear the sight of this touching emotion, turned away; and Villefort, without seeking any further explanation, and attracted towards him by the irresistible magnetism which draws us towards those who have loved the people for whom we mourn, extended his hand towards the young man.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1013 · C1
“Mercédès begged for six months more in which to await and mourn for Edmond.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 311 · C1
Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 174 · C1

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