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be⋅moan

  [bi-mohn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
2. to regard with regret or disapproval.
Origin:
bef. 1000; be- + moan; r. bemene, ME bimenen, OE bimǣnan (bi- be- + mǣnan to moan)

Related forms:
be⋅moan⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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be·moan   (bĭ-mōn')   
tr.v.   be·moaned, be·moan·ing, be·moans

  1. To express grief over; lament.

  2. To express disapproval of or regret for; deplore: "Tom Brokaw of NBC News recently bemoaned 'the cancer of the sound bite' afflicting Presidential campaigning" (John Tierney).


[Middle English bimonen, alteration (influenced by mone, moan) of bimenen, from Old English bemǣnan : be-, be- + mǣnan, to complain of; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

bemoan 
O.E. bemænan; see be- + moan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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