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be⋅wail

  [bi-weyl]
–verb (used with object)
1. to express deep sorrow for; lament: a little child bewailing the loss of her dog.
–verb (used without object)
2. to express grief.
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Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see be-, wail

Related forms:
be⋅wail⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
be⋅wail⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. bemoan, mourn.
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be·wail   (bĭ-wāl')   
tr.v.   be·wailed, be·wail·ing, be·wails

  1. To cry over; lament: bewail the dead.

  2. To express sorrow or unhappiness over: "bewailing the possible effects of double-digit unemployment" (Washington Post).


[Middle English biwailen : bi-, be- + wailen; see wail.]
be·wail'er n., be·wail'ment n.
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Word Origin & History

bewail 
c.1300, from be- + wail (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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