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▪ I. lamenting, vbl. n.|ləˈmɛntɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb lament; lamentation.
1513Douglas æneis xi. ii. 7 To be present at the lamentyng Of his fadir, to confort his murnyng. 1530Palsgr. 237/1 Lamentyng, regret. 1605Shakes. Macb. ii. iii. 61 Our Chimneys were blowne downe, And (as they say) lamentings heard i' th' Ayre. 1680Otway Orphan iv. vi. 1562 Should'st thou know the cause of my lamenting. 1819Shelley Julian & Maddalo 216 Fierce yells, and howlings, and lamentings keen.
▪ II. lamenting, ppl. a.|ləˈmɛntɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
That laments or mourns.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 28 The..lamenting looke of Lucrecia. Ibid. 44 The lamenting Elegiack. 1593Shakes. Lucr. 1079 By this, lamenting Philomel had ended The well-tuned warble of her nightly sorrow. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 122 He domineering through deficiency in Medicine, causeth the lamenting Patient to cry out..Give me a Medicine or else I die. a1822Shelley Dante's Convito 10 How the lamenting spirit moans in it. 1857Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art i. (1868) 4 They saw kings and rich men coming down to the shore of Acheron, in lamenting and lamentable crowds.
Hence laˈmentingly adv.
c1610Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 10 Then said the Treasurer lamentingly, ‘My Life or Warding is a small Matter’. 1655S. Ashe Funeral Serm. R. Robinson 18 June 7 Laying lamentingly to heart the death of righteous and mercifull ones. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath (1839) 25/2 When sad the voice of Cona, in the gale, Lamentingly the song of Selma sang. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 435 He informs [them], very lamentingly, that they must grow old. |