bemoanv.
/bɪˈməʊn/ 1. transitive. To moan for; to lament, weep for.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
bemournOE
mournOE
bemoanc1000
ofthink?c1225
bequeatha1325
moana1325
plain1340
wail1362
bewailc1374
complainc1374
waymenta1400
grievec1400
sorrowa1425
regratec1480
lament1535
deplore1567
dole1567
condole1607
pine1667
rave1810
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > bemoan [verb (transitive)]
woneOE
bemoanc1000
quaina1400
groana1762
begroan1837
c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxxiv. 8 Þa heofungdagas wæron þa gefyllede þe hig Moisen bemændon.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 13 Þenne wille ȝe..sunne bimenen.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4150 And...xxx. daiges wep israel For his dead, and bi-ment it wel.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4225 Ys trewe baronye be-mend him sore.
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. xxx They playne and the death bimeane Of worthy Hector.
1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) xvii. 2 Luckeles lot for to bemone.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 17 The children of Israel..bemoaning the ruines of Sion. View more context for this quotation
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iv. 29 Her piteous tale the winds in sighs bemoan.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lix. 282 She..bemoaned her miseries in the sweetest voice.
2. reflexive. To lament or bewail one's lot.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (reflexive)] > bewail one's lot
bemoanc1220
to make (one's) moan?c1225
moan1642
c1220 Bestiary 798 in Old Eng. Misc. 25 Bimene we us, we hauen don wrong.
c1314 Guy Warw. 5 He gan to wepe..And biment him wel reweliche.
1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xx. 67 See how my sone..Bymeneth hym in herte chere and voys.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) ix. 45 Politique persons..are euer bemoaning themselues, what a Life they lead.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 486 Tillotson bemoaned himself with unfeigned..sorrow to Lady Russell.
3. intransitive or with subordinate clause. To lament, grieve.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
careOE
mournOE
ofthink?c1225
to make sorrow?c1250
to make languorc1300
bemoanc1305
plainc1325
moanc1330
wailc1330
waymentc1350
complainc1374
to make syte?a1400
sweam14..
lamentc1515
bemournc1540
regratec1550
to sing sol-fa, sorrow, woe1573
condole1598
passion1598
deplore1632
ochone1829
rune1832
c1305 St. Edm. Conf. 426 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 82 Hi bimende & ofþoȝte sore: þat hi hiȝede þider so faste.
1460 in Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1866) 157 Yf thow owght morne, I shall bemene.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 11 We rather bemoan she lost it so soon.
1828 C. Lamb Char. Late Elia in Elia 2nd Ser. 228 I do not know whether I ought to bemoan or rejoice that my old friend is departed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > bemoan [verb (transitive)] > utter with moans or groans
bemoan1393
groan1609
droula1670
moan1820
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 346 His firste pleinte to bemene Unto the citee of Athene He goth him forth.
5. To express pity for, condole with.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > express pity for
bemoanc1300
wail1362
c1300 Beket 983 Therfore we ne bymeneth the noȝt: for thu noldest beo awar bifore.
c1305 St. Kenelm 236 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 54 He nere noȝt to bymene Þeȝ his larder were neȝ ido.
1611 Bible (King James) Job xlii. 11 They bemoned him, and comforted him ouer all the euill..brought vpon him. View more context for this quotation
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