LAMENT', L. lamentor.
1. To mourn to grieve to weep or wail to express sorrow.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chronicles 35 .
2. To regret deeply to feel sorrow.
LAMENT', To bewail to mourn for to bemoan to deplore.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.
LAMENT', n. L. lamentum. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries lamentation a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
This noun is used chiefly or solely in poetry.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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