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Mourn \Mourn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mourned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mourning.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen,
Goth. ma['u]rnan.]
1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be
sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or
sadness.
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her. --Gen. xxiii.
2.
2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
--Shak.
Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
--Pope.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mourning : \Mourn"ing\, n. [AS. murnung.]
1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation;
sorrow.
2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp.
clothing or a badge of somber black.
The houses to their tops with black were spread, And
ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. --Dryden.
Deep mourning. See under Deep.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mourning : \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zo["o]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura
macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named
from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See
Illust. under Dove.
Mourning warbler (Zo["o]l.), an American ground warbler
({Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MOURNING. This word has several significations. 1. It is the apparel worn at
funerals, and for a time afterwards, in order to manifest grief for the
death of some one, and to honor his memory. 2. The expenses paid for such
apparel.
2. It has been held in England, that a demand forMourning : furnished to
the widow and family of the testator, is not a funeral expense. 2 Carr. & P.
207. Vide 14 Ves. 346; 1 Ves. & Bea. 364. See 2 Bell's Comm. 156.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Mourning : Mourning: The process by which people adapt to a loss as, for example, the death of someone near and dear. Mourning is influenced by cultural customs, rituals, and society's rules for coping
with loss.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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